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Your Latest Murder From The UK 2007-10-18 09:46:00 The UK is begining to become a very scary place for young people. I remember when I was in London, I couldn't leave the house by myself. The streets weren't safe, and if you wanted to go to the local cornershop, you'd have to go with your parents. And the cornershops are another story - they are littered with school skippers, their heads covered with hoods and thier blood full of drugs and smoke. And your latest murder...Murder squad detectives have revealed that a 16-year-old boy killed in a South Yorkshire playground had been shot in the head. The boy's body was found at a recreation area on Nottingham Cliff in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on Wednesday night. The city's police commander Ch Supt Jon House said the victim was from a "respectable local family". Armed officers were patrolling the scene close to Andover Street. Detectives are considering whether the shooting was linked to another gun incident in the city within the past 24 hours. Mr House refused to be drawn
Organization: A Word That Changes Many Things 2007-10-17 08:05:00 or·gan·i·za·tion (noun): the act or process of organizing.Organization
can change a persons life in many, many ways. From many people's perspectives, organization is a need. If one has organization, he thrives. If he does not, he falls.Why is organization a need? Well, if for example, a person has an appointment with a doctor. An important appointment needs attention, but the poor man has no organization, no priorities. He writes it on his hand, and when he goes back home, he decides to have a shower. Theres your appointment gone.But what about too much organization? Is this possible? My dads life is plotted by a calender. He has just about all his activites he has done or will do plotted on his calender. Everything from eating breakfast to catching a flight is on there. Is this really too much organization, or is this the way organization should be defined?So how is this compared to a normal person? And how is a normal person compared to a person that has no organization?
One More Dabsheh (II) 2007-10-28 10:23:00 Ten Ways To Liven Up A Meeting1 Stand up and act indignant. Demand that the boss tell you the 'real' reason this meeting has been called. 2 Spill coffee on the conference table. Produce a little paper boat and sail it down the table.3 Stay behind as everyone else, including the boss, leaves. Thank them for coming.4 Give a broad wink to someone else at the table. In time, wink at everyone. Sometimes shake your head just a little, as if to indicate that the speaker is slightly crazy and everybody knows it.5 Arrange to have a poorly-dressed young woman with an infant quietly enter the meeting, stare directly at the (male) speaker for a while, burst into tears, then leave the room.6 Bring a hand puppet, preferably an animal. Ask it to clarify difficult points.7 When there is a call for questions, lean back in your chair, prop your feet up on the table, smile contentedly, and say, "Well, here's the way I see it, J.B..." (or any other impressive-sounding initials that are not actually y
A Missing Verse From The Quran?! 2007-10-28 08:55:00 Have you ever heard of Surat Al-Muslimoon? Our Friday prayer Imam told us this Friday about how people are trying to change the Quran
, and about his findings on the Internet. He found very strange 'verses' from the Quran, that were obviously not from it. He read to us Surat Al-Muslimoon (Verse of the Muslims), and warned us that new comers to Islam would really think this was a missing verse and believe these lies.And so I went home, got on the computer, and ran a search on Google for "سورة المسلمون". I found it, our Imam was telling the truth. The Google search also found a member in a forum that actually believes this verse is a missing one from the Quran. Here is the verse, what do you think of this gibberish?(1) الصم (2) قُل يا أَيُها الْمُسلِمُونَ إنَكُم لفي ضَلالٍ بَعِيد (3) إنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِاللّهِ ومسيحهِ لَهُمْ فِي الآَخِرَةِ نَارُ جَهَنّم Read more:Missing
Not Another 'Blog About Bloggers' Post 2007-10-27 13:00:00 Dun dun dun. Today is the day of the day of talking about the day you blog about bloggers that blog. Also known as "I am Blogging about my Favorite Blogger day", source. It would be '3eb' to let this day pass without joining everyone in their, erm, thing. So, I'm joining.Now, naturally, the 'thing' is called Blog about your favorite Blogger, not bloggers. But, as everyone else has done, we break the rules so everyone can be happy and nobody is left out. And, I don't have one person in mind, I have quite alot, so that's another excuse to break the rules. Or, as a child would say, Kinzi and Nas have already broken them. Waah!So, lets get on with this and have this finished. I'll say each person and what they're are nominated for. Anyway, behind door number one is...-- 1. Bakkouz, Bakkouz - for his interesting posts.I have always liked the content of Bakkouz's posts, he always puts posts that I enjoy reading, such as pictures from Google Earth or sound bombs.Featured Post: The D
Under the Weather 2007-10-26 14:25:00 I left the bed after a three day battle with stomach virus. I am sorry for not feeding you with posts. I am sure you are all hungry, but things will change and food will come. Be optimistic! side note: I haven't forgotten to nominate my favourite blogger and I will be writing about him/her tomorrow.
Healthy Falafel (Minus Motor Oil) 2007-10-26 11:18:00 This recipe takes a BIT OF TIME, but it's a large quantity so it can be frozen in batches & used when needed or craved :-)1 kilo dried chickpeas (soaked in plenty of water for 12 hours minimum)1 bunch of fresh coriander 1 bunch of fresh parsley1 onion (quartered)1 tablespoon of cumin1 tablespoon of dried coriander seedsDrain the chickpeas well & whiz in a food processor in batches then put asideWhiz the fresh coriander , parsley & onion until mixed wellMix crushed chickpeas & green stuff well by hand then whiz again in the food processorMix one more time & put again the food processor until the mixture is smooth & even in colourAdd spices & mix wellDivide in freezer bags & freezeWhen needed, thaw for 2 hours, add desired amount of salt & 1/4 teaspoon of baking Soda & mix well. Leave for 15 minutes then shape into balls & deep fry in HOT vegetable oil
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Explaining Govermental Schools 2007-11-01 10:47:00 I'm trying to explain to my friend why govermental schools here are so much different than the ones in UK.S: but its TERRIBLY HARD to get less than 50%S: i mean you'd have to be mentally disordered... or in a gov schoolB: gov school?S: govermental schools are horrible hereB: why?S: because they are free the teachers and everything is really badB: oh i seeS: like the students are gangsters and the teachers are school drop-outsS: lolB: well i go to a public schoolS: because in UK public schools are goodS: the goverment is strong and can fund their schools properlyB: yeah
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To Aqaba, And Back! 2007-11-03 12:03:00 Went on Friday, came back Saturday. [pictures in a later post]-- In the car, FridayWe all packed our stuff, which actually fitted in one suitcase. We then got in our Kia Carens, our great 7-seater car, and off we went on a 3 hour drive. I kept day dreaming all the way of the small TVs that fit into the car, and how you could attach the PS2 to them. Ah, bliss. We stopped half way to climb some mountains and move our legs a little bit. Took a few photos then we sped off to Aqaba.-- At the hotel, FridayWe took half an hour trying to find the hotel, then we found it. Our rooms where not ready yet so my dad sat down & as usual started working on his laptop & found a signal from the hotel which you can use free of charge. I thought of blogging from the hotel about the trip, but I was too busy. Sorry lol.-- In our room, FridayI started unpacking, then looked around the room. The mini bar, that awful suction of money, was there. The bathroom was OK, even though the smell at first was n
Quicker PC Startup 2007-11-11 13:11:00 A computer's startup is largely affected by the number of programs that launch on startup, and most of these programs aren't needed. You can easily change which programs will launch on startup, using a utility called msconfig.Go ahead and press Start, Run. Type in msconfig and press enter.Then, select the tab Startup
. Here you can see all the programs that launch at startup.From here, you can simply uncheck your unwanted programs. Things like Yahoo Messenger don't really need to be there, whereas you might want to keep Skype open to receive calls. If you are unsure of something, expand the 'command' tab and you'll see where the file exists. And don't uncheck any system files, please.
Electricity In Our Phone Line! 2007-11-09 10:20:00 It might be true, I have to try it. Free electricity seems cool, even though I don't think Jordan Telecom would like it, but who cares about their feelings? :DI think the equipment can be bought from RadioShack, but I'll have to wait till my dad comes back from holiday, because I can't understand the diagram. I'm sure he will.What do you think? Will it work in Jordan? And will you be willing to try it?
9th November, And Other Days 2007-11-09 08:50:00 Bombs In JordanTwo years ago on this date 3 hotels were targeted by suicide bombers causing the death of many innocent people. We'd only been living in Jordan for 3 months then, so I really didn't know were the hotels where and how close or far they were from our house. The following day there was no school, but when we returned school was bustling with gossip of what had happened, and because the Iraqis were blamed for the bombings, any Iraqi boy at school was laughed at and discriminated against. That day I remembered quite alot of other bombings, and I am posting to tell them to you.Explosions In LondonThe incident brought back memories of the London bus & train bombings the year before. I was in 6th Grade at the time & our headteacher came to the class & said that everything was alright, except that people going home by bus had to contact their parents. Many innocent people died on that day, including Muslims. All days later were frightening, and whenever I got onto a Read more:November
My First Try At Modding 2007-11-08 10:54:00 Well, after watching this video I decided to have a go myself. The steps seemed really simple, and I couldn't wait to make it. I found an old, unused webcam as a USB cable, then I got a normal Nokia Charger to fix it on.I cut both cables, so now only the USB plug was from the camera and the mobile plug from the charger. I stripped both wires, and I have to stress it was a hard job. Stripping wires is terribly stressful and annoying.At last I had both wires stripped, and the inside wires stripped as well. The charger cable had two wires, one red and one black. The camera one had one red, one black, one green, and one white one.According to the video, the red and black ones were the electricity ones, while the green and white ones were the info parts for the USB (send/receive data). I checked the voltage of the wires, while plugged in to the computer, using my dad's voltmeter.It read 5.05 volts, which was the usual for USB, so I knew I was on the right tracks. The next step was to jo Read more:First
Two Schools, Two Worlds 2007-11-16 12:34:00 My first day at school in Jordan was horrible. In my mind,I had compared it to schools in London and thought they would be the same. Foolish assumptions. I had mostly enjoyed Jordan because I only came in summer, and at that time there was no school and I assumed that being in school would be the same.I was shocked at how old fashioned the classes were. You see, in my school in London, our classroom had a projector & an "interactive white board". This school had chalk boards, and even worse than that, the teachers were angry all the time & just shouted at us. And the teachers were a whole other story.The following days were no better. I was made to read in front of the class, then laughed at by the students and teacher, even though my mum had told the teachers over & over that my Arabic wasn't that good. I was sent out of the class once because I hadn't done my homework, even though I had told him I didn't know what I had to do. After crying my eyes out at the head teac Read more:Schools
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My Desk, My Little Home 2007-11-14 13:08:00 My cozy home, where I sit at every day, I do my homework, talk to my friends and relatives, surf the web, read a book. On my desk, there lives an old emachines computer, outdated and only good for surfing or word proccessing. In the back you can see all my For Dummies books, with my Eyetoy camera turned into a webcam. Next to the cam is the dumpyard for electronics, and on the left of the camera there lies all my dictionaries, my penguin, my deodrant. And if you look closely ontop of my computer, you can spot the charger I talked about earlier on. :DYou like it?
Something Like Cinnabon 2007-11-13 09:18:00 By my great mum, Mona :D--Mix the following in a saucepan until butter is melted:100g butter1 cup water (250ml)8 tablespoons honey4 tablespoons yogurt--Add warm mixture to the following:6 tablespoons milk powder6 cups flour2 eggs2 tablespoons yeastPinch of salt--Mix well & knead gently. Leave dough to rise for 40-50 min--Divide dough into 2 balls. Roll each into a rectangle shape & spread with the following:2 tablespoons melted butter2 tablespoons cinnamon4 tablespoons sugar--Roll rectangle & cut with a sharp knife--Arrange on a buttered baking tray & bake for 20 min (205 c)
Ready To Try Firefox 3? 2007-11-20 06:29:00 I always check my Digg RSS feed, and today I was surprised to find Mozilla Firefox
3 had been released, as a beta of course. And if you thought I wouldn't try it immediately, then you defiantly wouldn't be thinking about Khaled.This new version is actually better than I thought, lots of things in Firefox have been changed, updated, and some new things have been added. If you want to see the full list of all the new stuff in Firefox 3, (also know as Release Notes), click here. I'll take you through most of the good stuff now though.- See A Websites Information: Click on a websites favicon to view info about it, although it isn't functioning yet.- Malware & Forgery Protection: Any website from a list of suspected websites is blocked, and the suspects usually contain malware or web forgeries.- Password Saving Easier: The choice to remember a password is now less annoying, as it appears underneath the tabs.- Scan Your Downloaded Files: You can now integrate any virus software with
USB 3.0, Coming In 2009 2007-11-20 05:36:00 If you thought USB 2 was fast enough, meet USB 3. In 2009, the third edition to the cable series will enter the world, 10 times faster and with better power efficiency. All hail the mighty 4.8 GB/s your USB 3 will offer you.Well, USB fans, things are going to get even more interesting and soon. USB 2.0 may be fast enough right now, but with more high-definition video products arriving and bigger and bigger files being transferred, that won't be the case forever. Enter USB 3.0, which moves the bandwidth needle from 480Mbps to roughly 4.8Gbps, 10 times faster than the current version.The new standard, which was recently demonstrated using a new optical cable (but the same connector), will be backward compatible with older USB formats and promises better power efficiency, too, in order to decrease the load on portable devices. Possibly in the works: Better ability to charge devices over USB, some of which still require an A/C adapter or two USB connections to draw enough juice.Specs are
Fadaye7 Facebook 2007-11-18 13:08:00 I overhear a conversation with two boys on my bus, just after one boy (V) realises the other one (B) took a picture of him when he wasn't noticing.V: Hey, why did you take a picture of me?B: To ifda7 you, on a website.V: No, not... Facebook
?!B: Maybe.V: No, please! Don't put it on Facebook!B: Oh yes I will.V: Ok, ok. You can put it, but on one condition...B: What?V: Don't tag me! Please!B: Why shouldn't I tag you?V: So all my friends won't find out! Please!B: I'll consider it... I'm going to tag you!V: NO!! I AM DOOMED!!!And thats the meaning of facebook in our school. :D
Why Household Hacker Is a Liar 2007-11-26 09:49:00 If you think that anything these nutters at HouseholdHacker
is true, then you are mentally disordered. Worse yet, if you try to do one of their experiments and regret what you just did, then you should jump off a cliff now to end your misery.In this post, I'm going to explain why two videos (the most popular ones, by the way), are absolute fakes. These two are "Power Your TV With An AAA Battery", and "Charge Your Ipod With An Onion".Case Number 1: Power Your TV with an AAA BatteryThis one was obviously a fake from the beginning. Its impossible, even logically, to believe a TV would run on 1.5V, when it originally runs on 110V - 240V. This video is fake for 3 reasons...1) 1.5V doesn't equal 240V, and it will never equal 240V. Even if we used a device that controls voltage, 1.5V AC won't work (duh!), as I tried so in the picture below.2) A TV works on AC, or Alternating Current, which comes from your mains plug. A battery is DC, or Direct Current, which won't work with a TV. This is
Best. Treehouse. Ever. 2007-11-25 11:02:00 Tree houses are not the normal, small wooden things stuck up in trees by a few nails. They are now coming into the 21st century, becoming buildings and homes themselves. Architects have discovered the beauty of tree houses and have decided to expand them. This one has become a huge, 3 storey tree house, with normal flooring you'd see in any home and 'outdoor' lights. The actual trees go through the flooring rather than around them, so the floors have holes with trees coming through them. The walls vary in transparency, letting some light in and some out. The house doesn't contain just wood, but windows and lights and other things as well. Beautiful![Full Story]
Making Use Of Those CD Covers 2007-11-23 13:11:00 Click on image to enlarge [1586 x 2048]Now that I used a case to store all my Playstation CDs, the covers in the sandwich bags they come in have to be thrown away. Instead, I collected them, did a bit of snipping and cello taping, and this was the result. Some of the games were a bit old and their covers had been thrown away, so I had to download and print them off a great CD cover site on the Internet. I intend to carry on the list until this side of the cupboard is finished, and if I get even more... well, I'll see what will happen when that time comes. By the way, I got all these games in Eid, as me and my brother Omar spent all our money in the CD shop. We never save up, which is a stupid habit we have. :DWhat do you think?
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Five Likes & Dislikes About Jordan 2007-11-23 12:08:00 Having lived here for over two years now, I've decided to compose this list... just for fun (I haven't written everything)Things I Like About Jordan
:Relatives: well, we didn't have any in London! (except for my dad's cousin) Cheap copies of DVDs, CDs & PS2 gamesMuch bigger house (don't have to share my room with my sister anymore! OK, so I still have to put up with Omar, but I'll think of a way to get rid of him soon)Friends at my new schoolEidThings I hate about Jordan:Taxi Drivers. (you must see this post :D)People who come to the mosque without washing or changing their 5day old socks or brushing their teeth. Have mercy on us PLEASE!Exams! >:(The weather: too hot in the summer, too cold nowInternet speed: lucky people in the UK get 8 MB while I have to put up with snail paced 128 KB
Memory Of A Fish 2007-12-02 11:50:00 A fish can remember things said in the past five seconds only. Khaled Sharif might remember things said in the past five seconds only.So, if you were a fish, you would've forgotten what I had just said. This phrase is very easily put on me. I can't remember anything at all! In fact, I am so bad at remembering things, my dad even got me a t-shirt last summer that had that slogan. It causes me endless problems and is very embarrassing.Sometimes my dad asks me to get something from the kitchen. I get there, and I can't remember why I came to the kitchen in the first place. I then get endless lectures about how I am stupid and forget everything, as well as how I will be a failure if I keep forgetting things. I nod my head, and learn nothing. Comes in from one ear, comes straight out of the other.The real problem however is school stuff. I just can't escape stuff that needs to be memorised, such as Biology or Chemistry, but the really horrible subjects are Arabic or Geography. Something Read more:Memory
I Will Not Cut My Hair 2007-12-01 02:01:00 I am fed up with barbers in Jordan, I am not going to cut my hair under any circumstance. My mum says that my hair is too long, but I'm not going back to that horrible shop again.The barber shop is filled with evil nutters, that have no idea what they are doing and take money for ruining your hair. I always get the fat hair cutter, who is the worst of the three devils. This man manages to smoke, watch half naked women dancing on TV, chat with his friends, talk on his mobile phone, and 'cut' my hair. I use the verb 'cut' to mean just that: cut. Not styling, grooming, trimming or making the hair look nicer. No. Just cut. And I have to pay money for that? No way. Not any more.Last time was the last straw. I went with my brother a few days before school start. Omar got the barber who owns the shop, he's half decent. While I got the fat one, the worst one. I sat on the chair and I get the usual barking question I always get."How do you want me to cut your hair?" he barks."Erm, a li
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