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Benjamin Briggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:58:02 -0800

From the page: "In 1871 Benjamin and his brother were considering giving up the sea and buying a hardware store in New Bedford, but apparently decided against this. In 1872 Benjamin bought a share in the brigantine Mary Celeste owned by James Winchester, formally the Amazon, and made modifications to the cabin to house his family. In late 1872, two-year-old Sophia and his wife Sarah accompanied him on a voyage from Staten Island, New York, to Genoa, Italy, while 7-year-old Arthur was left with his grandmother at Rose Cottage, Marion, Massachusetts, to attend school.

A month later the ship was found famously and inexplicably abandoned in the calm waters of the Atlantic Ocean near the Straits of Gibraltar. Briggs, Sophia and Sarah, along with the rest of the crew of the Marie Celeste, were never discovered and their fate remains a mystery."

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Walls around the world

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:37:36 -0800

From the page: "Two decades since the Berlin Wall came down, BBC looks at walls and barriers around the world which are still standing - or have been put up - since 1989."

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Lebanese views: Poll reaction

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:35:20 -0800

From the page: "We hope for change but it hasn't arrived yet. I voted for the opposition. In Lebanon I have only one enemy, and that is Israel and everybody who is against Israel is my friend.

I don't like the way the government makes the rich richer. It is always the same few people who govern and who benefit from it. It is assumed that Sunni Muslims vote for Hariri, but I am not one of them.

Lebanon's confessional system [which gives different ethnic and religious groups a fixed number of seats in parliament] encourages candidates to campaign on religious divisions. And also to whip up fear of different groups.

We need to change the electoral system so people vote on issues like education, health and environment, rather than on their religious identity.

Because of Israel, we saw prominent American politicians in Lebanon before the election, to try to defeat Hezbollah. We saw lots of propaganda saying women would have to wear the chador if the opposition wins.

We need to change the constitution so the president is not chosen by Americans, or by Israelis or Syrians, but by Lebanese citizens."

BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Johnson saves woman from oiks

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:51:57 -0800

From the page: "Ms Armstrong said: "He was my knight on a shining bicycle." "

Jeff Rense Program

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:11:00 -0700

"Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001

President Obama gives Israel $30 BILLION in "military aid" - 2007

Wise Thoughts

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:37:28 -0700

From the page: ""As the human race moves into adolescence and adulthood, it can no longer afford to guide its affairs via those simple myths. Our human ancestors thought long and hard on who and what they were and came up with the best explanations they could make. The frightening thing is that we -- almost at the end of the 20th century, entering the space age, becoming a society based on knowledge -- are still hanging onto those explanations, which date back to our Stone Age. I think we need a more fruitful way to analyze these questions. We need exciting philosophical thought. I don't dislike religion, but I am in considerable fear of what today's brand can lead to."

- Gene Roddenberry (1921 - 1991)"

SubspaceContinuum

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:16:56 -0700

From the page: "Subspace is an oldschool (est 1997) free online spaceship shoot 'em up game.
Meet people from all over the world...then kill them. It's entirely free - there are absolutely no costs and noone makes ANY money from this game.
Download it now if you want at http://www.getcontinuum.com/ and get in on the action!"

http://www.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/sites/default/files2/zpu_2002_1.pdf

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:02:07 -0700

A (stanford) paper/ case study written on an oldschool online game, useful for anyone studying gaming or similar fields such as the internet.

Monty Python-Mosquito Hunting

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:46:55 -0700

classic

TIME on LEVISNote &WHO EVER

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:20:41 -0700

lolol