errrgg... too sick. Gotta go to bed soon...
Stupid cold...
Going around I suppose...:P
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Ayup! ;)Oh really...New places = better sex!!Especially sex and sex. Although, traveling and sex is pretty awesome.A mans combo is anything and sex.They don't go together as well as food and sex (or is there another combination I'm thinking of), but what are you going to do?That is purely a mans combo!!
I hear there's a nice little 'ole place down hereabouts called Newcastle... you and Moorluck should visit sometime. ;)
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I hear there's a nice little 'ole place down hereabouts called Newcastle... you and Moorluck should visit sometime. ;)Ayup! ;)Oh really...New places = better sex!!Especially sex and sex. Although, traveling and sex is pretty awesome.A mans combo is anything and sex.They don't go together as well as food and sex (or is there another combination I'm thinking of), but what are you going to do?That is purely a mans combo!!
We're planning on it..;)
We would love to be able to game with you and I wanna go to the zoo!!
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We're planning on it..;)I hear there's a nice little 'ole place down hereabouts called Newcastle... you and Moorluck should visit sometime. ;)Ayup! ;)Oh really...New places = better sex!!Especially sex and sex. Although, traveling and sex is pretty awesome.A mans combo is anything and sex.They don't go together as well as food and sex (or is there another combination I'm thinking of), but what are you going to do?That is purely a mans combo!!
[Mr. Burns]Excellent![/Mr. Burns]
Hungry....I'm thinking....
Fish Sticks and Tater Tots!!!
I love Fish Sticks and Tater Tots!!! :D
Is everyone sleeping? Eating? Where did you all go.
leftover Chow Mein is better.
Hungry....I'm thinking....
Fish Sticks and Tater Tots!!!
Respectfully we will have to disagree! Fish Sticks and Tater tots are awesome!!!
I had a cookie this morning at work (around 8am) and I had a couple slices of cold meat about 3 hours ago. Other than that I've had a food free day...
Hungry....I'm thinking....
Fish Sticks and Tater Tots!!!
Uhm....you shoudl eat a bit more! Haven't you heard....you feed a cold...makes you feel better!
Heh-heh.
Haven't played video games in a long time. But all my newest minis are on my bedside table, where I can see 'em from the bed...as is my newest AP issue and Core Rulebook...
I suppose the reading would be alright, for a bit, till its time to sleep some more.
But no playing with your little guys....you didn't stay home from school just to be able to play! ;)
I scraped my elbow....it hurts.......
Jealous posers.
I scraped my elbow....it hurts.......Heh-heh.
Haven't played video games in a long time. But all my newest minis are on my bedside table, where I can see 'em from the bed...as is my newest AP issue and Core Rulebook...
I suppose the reading would be alright, for a bit, till its time to sleep some more.
But no playing with your little guys....you didn't stay home from school just to be able to play! ;)
*washes off elbow and blows to make sure it doesn't burn. Puts on bandaid and kisses it.*
All better...go on now! :)
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I scraped my elbow....it hurts.......Heh-heh.
Haven't played video games in a long time. But all my newest minis are on my bedside table, where I can see 'em from the bed...as is my newest AP issue and Core Rulebook...
I suppose the reading would be alright, for a bit, till its time to sleep some more.
But no playing with your little guys....you didn't stay home from school just to be able to play! ;)*washes off elbow and blows to make sure it doesn't burn. Puts on bandaid and kisses it.*
All better...go on now! :)
Awww... you're such a mum... ;)
Tater tots goooooddddd!!! Nom Nom Nom!!!
Awww... you're such a mum... ;)I scraped my elbow....it hurts.......Heh-heh.
Haven't played video games in a long time. But all my newest minis are on my bedside table, where I can see 'em from the bed...as is my newest AP issue and Core Rulebook...
I suppose the reading would be alright, for a bit, till its time to sleep some more.
But no playing with your little guys....you didn't stay home from school just to be able to play! ;)*washes off elbow and blows to make sure it doesn't burn. Puts on bandaid and kisses it.*
All better...go on now! :)
:) I try....
OK folks...I am sleepy...cold is getting to me. Time for lunch for the kiddies and naps all around!! :)
Talk to yall soon!
Jealous posers.
I got a kiss. NAH NAH NA NA NAH!
So is anyone else surpised that a study commisioned and payed for by malpractice lawyers found that malpractice suits are not a major factor in medical costs?
Maybe Sebastian? ;)
I don't like research studies they always prove someone's agenda and it is never mine that is justified.
except here where we can agree
Boobs to the head
FTW!!!
Also Flash aiming for a study abroad and since you are in the Newcastle area I might go there for a semester next year around this time I think?
Unless someone can point out a good thing about anyother place
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I don't like research studies they always prove someone's agenda and it is never mine that is justified.
except here where we can agree
Boobs to the head
FTW!!!
Also Flash aiming for a study abroad and since you are in the Newcastle area I might go there for a semester next year around this time I think?
Unless someone can point out a good thing about any other place
Also, for those of you with colds
It's the swine flu, run
Seems to be going around. I don't feel great today, either.
But I'm at work. hooray...
I just don't want any of you silk-waisted ninnies to think a little case of sour tummy would keep my from my students...no sir.
It's out the door I go.
I just don't want any of you silk-waisted ninnies to think a little case of sour tummy would keep my from my students...no sir.
It's out the door I go.
What do you teach?
How's everyone's day going?
Ours...eh, kid had more problems at school. No clue as to what to do.
Grades update!!
On my Geology final I scored 280 out of 290 points. This was awesome enough to bring my grade to a b-!!!!
Totally acceptable!! :D
*Still waiting on my algebra final*
The kid survived the first day of school! :)
Yeah, of course, he had some problems. It's never easy with this one. But no disasters yet. Woot! :)
HELLOOOOOOO????
HELOOOOOO???
HELOOOO???
Where is everyone?
Congratulations on the Geology test!
Sorry to hear about your son having problems at school. I wish I knew a way to help.
My day has been pretty meh. Trying to fight this cold, and one of my field trial sites is having major issues that I get to try to fix remotely. Hopefully, I can make it to the fantasy football draft tonight.
The kid survived the first day of school! :)
Yeah, of course, he had some problems. It's never easy with this one. But no disasters yet. Woot! :)
What kinda of problems? Anything like ours? Care to get together and trade ideas?
Congratulations on the Geology test!
Sorry to hear about your son having problems at school. I wish I knew a way to help.
My day has been pretty meh. Trying to fight this cold, and one of my field trial sites is having major issues that I get to try to fix remotely. Hopefully, I can make it to the fantasy football draft tonight.
Thanks! :D
And Hell at this point I have no idea how to help.Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. It seems to be going around. Drink lots of tea, some tylenol, hot showers. It helps! :)
Congratulations on the Geology test!
Sorry to hear about your son having problems at school. I wish I knew a way to help.
My day has been pretty meh. Trying to fight this cold, and one of my field trial sites is having major issues that I get to try to fix remotely. Hopefully, I can make it to the fantasy football draft tonight.
Thanks! :D
And Hell at this point I have no idea how to help.
Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. It seems to be going around. Drink lots of tea, some tylenol, hot showers. It helps! :)
Hot showers and
What kinda of problems? Anything like ours? Care to get together and trade ideas?The kid survived the first day of school! :)
Yeah, of course, he had some problems. It's never easy with this one. But no disasters yet. Woot! :)
He tends to have serious impulse control issues. He'll often grab at other kids, or poke them, etc. (No attacking anyone with a pencil today at least) He's very approval-motivated, so that can mitigate the problem somewhat, but it never really goes away. He can tell you afterwards why it was a bad idea and that he shouldn't have done it, but there's no mental interrupt beforehand.
He tends to have serious impulse control issues. He'll often grab at other kids, or poke them, etc. (No attacking anyone with a pencil today at least) He's very approval-motivated, so that can mitigate the problem somewhat, but it never really goes away. He can tell you afterwards why it was a bad idea and that he shouldn't have done it, but there's no mental interrupt beforehand.What kinda of problems? Anything like ours? Care to get together and trade ideas?The kid survived the first day of school! :)
Yeah, of course, he had some problems. It's never easy with this one. But no disasters yet. Woot! :)
Kellen doesn't seem to care wether or not it was wrong. He is very disrespectful. Today he stuck his toungue out at the asst principal and announcd that he didn't have to listen to her. He then touches everything on her desk, throws himself around, yells, tries to run out of rooms. Its very annoying. Especially considering here at home he has, for the most part been fantastic.
Going to start homework soon...guess we'll see how well that goes.
Kellen doesn't seem to care wether or not it was wrong. He is very disrespectful. Today he stuck his toungue out at the asst principal and announcd that he didn't have to listen to her. He then touches everything on her desk, throws himself around, yells, tries to run out of rooms. Its very annoying. Especially considering here at home he has, for the most part been fantastic.
Going to start homework soon...guess we'll see how well that goes.
Ouch. That sounds no fun. My son is just as bad at home as he is at school, so it's not like I'm surprised by his behavior. He will often pull on clothing hard enough to rip it, or pull my hair, among other things. I just don't understand.
Good luck with the homework. And the school woes. There are some days I wonder why I decided not to homeschool. And then I remember that there was some crazy thing about actually wanting a life.
Solnes and Lynora sorry to hear about your little ones. Solnes sounds like the spawnofmoorluck is a chip off the old block. If he doesn't shape up have moorluck
boot to the head, sorry needed a little levity
Congrats on the Geology grade.
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Terrorists are changing their tactics once again. As military and government facilities around the world have stepped up their security measures, terrorists have switched their focus to what are referred to as “soft targets.” These targets are things like hotels, stores, and other civilian facilities.
From an operational standpoint this makes sense. While security can be tightened at major nexus points, such as an airport or a train station, It would be virtually impossible to tighten security at every hotel, supermarket, or shopping mall without significantly impacting their ability to do business. For example, while there are only three major airports in the New York City area, there are literally hundreds of hotels in the city. There are also at least twelve colleges or universities in the city, any of which could potentially be a target for terrorist activity.
These soft targets simply cannot be effectively protected from terrorist attacks because they do not have the security infrastructure to handle such security needs. In some cases the infrastructure would be completely contrary to the purpose of such an establishment. The college shootings of the past few years have illustrated that a lone individual can not only gain access to educational establishments, but can easily evade detection by law enforcement. Not only that, but the typical response in such a situation is to lock down the campus and confine students to building and dormitories. This would be devastating should a campus shooting similar to what occurred a few years ago at Virginia Tech simply be the prelude to a multistage terrorist action. The Mumbai terror attacks showed that territories groups are skilled enough to pull of such a multistage operation.
There are no easy answers to dealing with this shift in terrorist activity. Prior to this change it tactics it made it relatively easy to rank potential targets. However, now it is much more difficult because nearly every establishment in the United States is a potential target. It becomes even more imperative then ever that terrorists are intercepted and dealt with before they arrive in the target area. For example, if we knew that there was a terrorist plot to blow up the Waldorf Astoria, if the cell involved actually makes it into New York City then we have lost. We can put all the security in the world on the Waldorf, but the terrorists can simply shift their target to the Times and Seasons, or Rockefeller Plaza, or Central Park, or any of a hundred other targets that would be just as good in their minds.
Simply put, terrorists cannot be allowed to make it to American soil. It is in the best interest of the United States to allot every resource to stopping them before they get here. With the shift in terrorist tactics, it is the only way to stop attacks from happening.
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This would be devastating[insert comma] should a ...
Second
What is the sentence about Mumbai doing in that paragraph? Transition material or an introductory phrase might make its function in the flow of thought clearer.
Third
To what extent has the shift in tactics already occurred, to what extent is it occurring, and to what extent is it expected? I ask because towards the end, you have moved from speaking about tactics to speaking about activity. Maybe a connection with your examples would clarify? Perhaps you are saying that a shift elsewhere should be looked to follow on American soil?
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Change IN tactics...not "it".
Actually, more than one thing going on in that sentence. Rewrite. Prior to what? What made what easier?
Fifth
insert comma before because
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This would be devastating should a campus shooting similar to what occurred a few years ago at Virginia Tech simply be the prelude to a multistage terrorist action. The Mumbai terror attacks showed that territories groups are skilled enough to pull of such a multistage operation.
Therefore the mention of a multistage attack was the setup material. Also I only had five hundred words and it wintended as a writing sample.
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I follow now.
Maybe something more specific than "in their minds"? To achieve their goals? To make the tactic work?
Also see the "it" in the last sentence. Would it pack more punch to replace it with a noun that would sum up your penultimate sentence? I feel like there is a good word out there, but that part of my mind is pretty much done.
I like the essay, partially because I agree with your point, partially because of the thinking behind it. Succinct, good examples. Hope that helps.
