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One of my best friends attended college at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, which she referred to affectionately as "Newbs".She was also witness to some shenanigans on campus, like when her older brother organized a streak through campus. The problem was, word of their route leaked out and spread across campus like a virus. The band of rebels, wearing only ski-masks, began their run, and quickly discovered the path lined with their fellow students ...
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Sarah Palin hit this point a few times in last night's vice presidential debate. Rather than give you the whole meandering segment, here's the summation. You can read the entire transcript...and it's not an easy read...here."John McCain...knows how to win a war. (He's) been there and he's faced challenges and he knows what evil is and knows what it takes to overcome the challenges here with our military."I was confused, so I decided to check ...
中东地区记念9/11七周年 (1)
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9月11日是记念9/11美国遭到攻击七周年的日子。这个改变歴史的一天所带来的悲伤和毁灭不止发生在美国,也发生在世界各地。来自中东地区的博客也对此一灾难性事件发表看法。 约旦的Hareega但愿这一切从未发生: 我希望这一切从未发生: 你可能会问,我怎么还记得这个事件?根据CNN今天的民调,大部份(82%)的美国人在这天不做任何特别纪念。 我不相信阴谋论。我相信这是19个来历不明的人劫持飞机冲向世贸中心和五角大厦,我也对于美国政府在炸毁世贸中心和击落飞机上扮演主动角色的说法存疑。九一一发生的事我都接受。 但发生在九月十二号的事激怒了他: 我对九月十二日起的任何事都不买帐。 我不相信CIA何以不能避免攻击事件的发生,或是,为什么没有任何当局人士为不能避免事件发生而遭到免职。为什么这个国家没有任何一位政府官员为此负责?不是听说有个说法是每个成年人该为他/她所犯的错负责? 为何所有事前的警告都被忽略?为何所有在朝的关键人物证言互相抵触,而且没被要求说出真相? 当民主带来的是像布什(George W. Bush)、钱尼(Dick Cheney)、伦斯斐(Donald H. Rumsfeld)和莱斯(Condoleezza Rice)这样的罪犯,何以美国能要世界以它做为民主范例。同样的民主也完全无法使他们为一切谎言付出代价,这些谎言代表着数以千计的人失去生命,以及整个伊拉克的支离破碎。 他继续气愤地说: 有很多原因让我但愿9/11从未发生。那3000名无辜的受害者,以及那些被报复而遭到谋杀的人们。没有一个人应该失去生命。而因为这个号称世界民主领导人的国家,那些造成这些无辜者死于非命的人却未被苛责,也永远不会被苛责。他们证明了只要杀人犯杀的人够多,伴随着胜利的号角声,就不会受到惩罚,而在战争到来时,真理就是第一个受害者。 同样来自约旦,记录记忆博客(Memories Documented)的Qwaider,刚好旅行回来。这位住在美国的博客,当时正在约旦度假: 我确切的记得,在七年前那个九月温暖的午后,我当时和谁在做什么,以及我们对此事的回应。那时有人急忙的进来说:「你不会相信CNN上正在播什么!」 他补充说: 然后,接下来是痛苦的片段,在机场的「随机」检查景象、人口建档、联邦调查局(FBI)的访视、窃听记录、禁止携带液体登机,以及不能和空服人员争执否则关达那摩湾(Guantanamo bay)见。 那天也是许多公民自由权死亡的日子…在那之后,许多人持续受那天的遗绪所扰,而世界再也与以往不同。 我永远也不会忘记这一天… 还是来自约旦,Kinziblogs也清楚的记得这一天: 我胸前挂着抺布,站着动不了,我知道这是有人计划让二架飞机飞向这二座办公大楼,此举意图毁灭任何在其中的生命。我们的客人立刻说:「这是奥萨玛.宾拉登所为」,我不知道这个人是谁。他的准未婚妻说「天啊,不要是阿拉伯人干的,世人已经够恨我们了」。 MommaBean记得Ramzi Doany,这位巴勒斯坦的基督徒在这天失去生命: 我不认识Ramzi本人,但就像每个人都知道安曼(Amman)是个很小的镇,当2001年9月11号当天世贸中心遭到摧毁,这个小镇失去了一个人。他不只是来自约旦,不只是个巴勒斯坦人,不只是个基督徒,他是我们大家庭的一份子。即便我们没有任何关系(也不是姻亲),我们因信念、礼拜、宗教而产生关连。Ramzi 是众多美国迷思之一,被遗忘及掩盖的巴勒斯坦基督徒。 当两架飞机撞上大楼,我听见那些思想浅薄的同事谈到,「那些巴勒斯坦人」在欢呼。我解释,「那些巴勒斯坦人」在为失去他们的子弟哀伤。不会蠢到以为近三千名亡者之中没有巴勒斯坦人吧。 来自以色列的Aussie Dave在周年的这天写下一些观察,包括: 七年以来,人们还是不知道为何而战。且多数人还是感觉不到我们身在战事之中。 半岛电视台(Al Jazeera)报导一项民调指出,百分之五十的受访者否认官方所认为2001年9/11世贸中心攻击是基地(al-Qaeda)组织因特定利害关系而发动。 一项在多个国家进行的调查指出,埃及和约旦的受访者中有很高的比例(43%及31%)认为攻击的幕后有以色列的参与。 巴勒斯坦的Haitham Sabbah连结到世界民意(WorldPublicOpinion.org)在17个国家进行的民调,只有九个国家的调查结果中,多数人指出基地组织是政击的幕后主使。约旦的The Black Iris对此项民调做出响应,他描述这天是「最后为了美国以外的地区铺了条路,引向无数恐怖的日子」。 在黎巴嫩博客圈,The Ouwet Front对黎巴嫩军方的个人观点和意见做出响应。N10452写道: 愿所有在恐怖攻击中丧生者安息。 七年以来,恐怖主义一直在扩散,每天有更多无辜者丧生。很遗憾的是,美国无法消除(译者按:作者应该是要写annihilate)恐怖份子的威胁。但我希望世人能因此完全注意到此项显著的威胁,而因此有所行动。 对伊拉克瓢虫(Iraqi Ladybird)而言,这天是另一个记念日: 今天,2008年 9月 11号,也是美国以「解放伊拉克」之名占领伊拉克满2000天的日子。黎巴嫩报纸Al-Akhbar提醒了这项「解放」的成就: 在2000多个日子里,大约有一百万的伊拉克人失去生命,以及四百万人流离失所。这是自1948年巴勒斯坦难民潮以来人数最多的一次。在美国方面,4155名士兵丧生和30324名受伤,再加上176名英国士兵丧生,138名来自其它国家的士兵死亡。 占领伊拉克花费1兆美金,大部份费用由美国纳税人买单。 来自以色列的Yael说世界从9/11这天起以一种「难以想象」的方式改变了。她补充说: 飞机撞击后改变的不仅止于留下的大洞改变了曼哈顿的天际线。高耸的大楼直指天空,夜晚大楼透出的灯光伴随着我在沙发上的啜饮着咖啡,那时我在想,每天夜晚大楼灯火通明的奇景来自加班的人们,带给我这奇妙的经验。那些大楼、灯光和人们在七年前的今天消失了。但还有更多东西也随他们消失不复见。 这改变超越曼哈顿,也超越美国,也超越战争。毁灭性的、无情的、无法说服人的战争行动在阿富汗和和伊拉克展开。整个世界都改变了。当世界以及华盛顿和曼哈顿的人们回到例行生活的常态,一种新的生活常态。世界不只是看似更不安全,而事实上是不再安全。 Yael继续说: 2001年的9/11引发了世界性的恐怖活动。从那天起,几乎在每个西方国家,恐怖份子所策划的行动都在滋长,包括原本没有遭遇过恐怖主义直接攻击本土的国家,像是,澳洲、加拿大、挪威、丹麦,以及一些成功策动的恐怖攻击行动。在某些已熟悉恐怖主义的国家,例如印度、印度尼西亚、西班牙及中东地区,恐怖活动的指数则持续升高。 OneJerusalem.com同意世界在这天之后的确改变了,并提出以下的问题: 如果9/11不曾发生,世界会是怎么样呢?美国还是会向阿富汗和伊拉克开战吗?布什还是会竞选连任吗?乔治亚的冲突以及一触即发的第二次冷战还是会发生吗? 约旦博客Ali 也提出一个问题: 今天是令人哀伤的9/11七周年的日子,这不只是个周年记念日,也记念3000名无辜者在这天失去生命。在此纪念亡者之际,美国和整个世界的确改变了。美国政府到目前为止完成了什么?美国变得安全了吗? 他也列出了9/11发生前后的世界。 对Teachthemasses's School Days而言,另一个阴谋论正在制造: 英法之间的隧道在9/11周年记念这天发生大火。 是巧合吗? 校对:Portnoy
ShooFeeTV To Broadcast From Jordan Media City (1)
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ShooFeeTV has signed an agreement with the Jordan Media City (JMC) to transmit its free-to-air satellite channel from the JMC site in Amman. ShooFeeTV’s state-of-the-art data center will link to JMC by a fiber-optic connection that will carry the signal from ShooFeeTV to the satellite platform ArabSat via JMC’s facilities. After extensive market research, ShooFeeTV decided to go with JMC not only because of their experience and extremely efficient operations. “It’s a tightly run ship,” ...
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Filed under: iPhone Our sister site Engadget reports that Apple is now offering unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong via its online store. HK$5,500 (≈ US$700) will buy you an 8GB model, HK$6,200 (≈ US$800) gets you 16GB. The Apple Store's terms and conditions limit sales to individuals in Hong Kong only, but who knows what the gray market will bring. Three Russian carriers will also begin selling unlocked iPhones on October 3, with the 8GB ...
Jordan’s Internet Penetration Rate Grows To 21% (3)
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According to official numbers released by the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, the number of internet users in the kingdom reached 1.2 millions users at the end of the first half of 2008, which represents a penetration rate of more than 20.5% of the Jordanian population which currently stands at around 6 million. The numbers show a growth of more than 1.5% happening in the second quarter of this year in comparison to the first quarter, ...
Amman, Jordan Starts Recycling! (1)
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As the population of Amman, capital of Jordan increases, so does the amount of trash produced per day. The most recent estimate is that over the summer, the amount of garbage produced daily in Amman will increase to 750 tons. In an effort to stem the tide, the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) in cooperation with the Jordan Environment Society are spearheading a new initiative to recycle solid waste. Until now, the capital’s garbage has been ...
Chrome Welcomed with Accolades and Controversy in the Middle East (1)
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On Tuesday, Google joined the browser game by launching its very own browser, Chrome, to positive accolades and a bit of controversy. The free browser, which is currently only available for Windows, caused not only a media storm, but a blog storm as well, from nearly every corner of the globe. The Middle East and North African blogosphere, always quick to react to big stories, immediately began buzzing about Chrome yesterday, and haven't stopped since. ...
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The Air Jordan 1 has been mocked up in alot of different variations and patterns but this one brings another question to the table. This pictures have arisen courtesy of MarcSJ08 of NT, there has been questions asked about them. I can announce that Nice Kicks will have an interview with Phife Dawg of Tribe called Quest in the very near future and we will be asking him about this. For now take look after ...
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The handsomely-mustached man you see on the left was Neville Chamberlain. You're probably familiar with the other guy. Neville Chamberlain is mostly remembered for this line:"This is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace in our time."Then, almost a year later, the Nazis invaded Poland.During the last 7 years, Chamberlain's appeasement has been frequently tapped as a method ...
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Last year Jordan Brand released Chris Paul’s first signature shoe, the Air Jordan CP3, and made him the only point guard in the NBA with a signature shoe. Posted to the right is the Air Jordan CP3 2009. This is the second sneaker for the New Orleans Hornets guard fresh off a Olympic Gold medal in Beijing. The shoe is closely resembles the XX3 it seems as though Jordan Brand is taking the “less glue” ...
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TweetSMS has been launched today after around a week of internal testing, the launch was scheduled yesterday, but apparently they had some hiccups which lead to delaying the launch to today. As reported by ArabCrunch last week, TweetSMS enables Twitter’s users who no longer can get SMS notifications from Twitter in countries outside USA, Canada, and India. TweetSMS messages are paid for by credits. 1 Credit = 1p (1 pence in Great British Pounds), which ...
第三次世界大战即将成形吗? (3)
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中东博客相当密切留意格鲁吉亚的进展,有些人认为可能会引发第三次世界大战,以下快速扫描也门与约旦博客的看法。 也门的Omar Barsawad表示,距离第一次世界大战已近百年,第三次世界大战也可能发生: 北大西洋公约组织(NATO)会继续扩张吗?那会是种很鲁莽、很危险的行为,就像在前两次世界大战一样的意外,骨牌效应接二连三而来,导致事件一发不可收拾,一次大战意外发生,主因是欧洲有国家想要称霸;二次大战是计算而来,也是因为希特勒(Hitler)的野心使然,两次大战其实也都与权力与占有石油等资源有关。 Omar Barsawad想问:「欧洲还没有从上个世纪的经验中记取教训吗?」,他也想问: 经过这么多苦难、毁灭与恐怖,欧洲人还没有学会和平共处,只想着扩张与称霸吗?北约不断对外灌输尊重他国疆界观念,却不断积极扩张,如此究竟传达出什么讯息?若中国或俄罗斯也跟进拓展与散布武器和导弹,北约会默默接受吗? 他的结论是: 不断向俄国挑衅、步步进逼,会意外导致无法想象的后果,亦即第三次世界大战,各国准备好了吗?双方持有的核武与大规模毁灭性武器目前只是吓阻之用,但还能按捺多久? 另一方面,约旦博客Naseem Tarawnah要问:「格鲁吉亚在哪里?」,因为他发现地图上竟然没有这个国家…没错,就是Google地图。 如果各位与我年纪相近,阅读史书里的战争与冲突,每件事听起来似乎都很老套,甚至有些久远,因此我今天有点意外,终于出现与我这一代稍微相近的事情,本月格鲁吉亚遭俄罗斯入侵显然是头条新闻,然而这个国家却在地图上消失了,就是Google地图。 Naseem Tarawnah之后解释,为何格鲁吉亚没有在地图上: 在多数冲突中,基础建设总是首要攻击目标,Google不希望外界认为他们的地图技术帮助特定一方,故决定将Google地图常见得到的格鲁吉亚境内细节全部移除,包括道路、乡镇、城市等,邻国亚塞拜然与亚美尼亚的地图细节也一并撤下。 另一位约旦博客Hareega利用这场危机取笑美国总统布什(George Bush),质疑他的地理常识: 俄罗斯与格鲁吉亚的战火愈演愈烈,当布什总统听闻格鲁吉亚遭遇猛烈炮火时,他便呼吁美国亚特兰大市民要支持下去,尽力做好奥运主办城市的角色。 英文版回应翻译如下: 2008年8月18日 16:16 Paul: 我是来自亚美尼亚的博客,时常检阅邻近地区的Google地图,对于格鲁吉亚、土耳其、伊朗等国地图细节总是不足,感到非常失望,现在战争爆发后,许多人于是利用Google地图寻找格鲁吉亚,然后便做出Google刻意将地图细节撤下的结论,我可以向各位保证绝非如此!细节根本从来都没有出现!如果有任何阴谋论指称Google涉入这场战争等,那些都只是阴谋论! 校对:abstract
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中東部落客相當密切留意喬治亞的進展,有些人認為可能會引發第三次世界大戰,以下快速掃描葉門與約旦部落客的看法。 葉門的Omar Barsawad表示,距離第一次世界大戰已近百年,第三次世界大戰也可能發生: 北大西洋公約組織(NATO)會繼續擴張嗎?那會是種很魯莽、很危險的行為,就像在前兩次世界大戰一樣的意外,骨牌效應接二連三而來,導致事件一發不可收拾,一次大戰意外發生,主因是歐洲有國家想要稱霸;二次大戰是計算而來,也是因為希特勒(Hitler)的野心使然,兩次大戰其實也都與權力與占有石油等資源有關。 Omar Barsawad想問:「歐洲還沒有從上個世紀的經驗中記取教訓嗎?」,他也想問: 經過這麼多苦難、毀滅與恐怖,歐洲人還沒有學會和平共處,只想著擴張與稱霸嗎?北約不斷對外灌輸尊重他國疆界觀念,卻不斷積極擴張,如此究竟傳達出什麼訊息?若中國或俄羅斯也跟進拓展與散佈武器和導彈,北約會默默接受嗎? 他的結論是: 不斷向俄國挑釁、步步進逼,會意外導致無法想像的後果,亦即第三次世界大戰,各國準備好了嗎?雙方持有的核武與大規模毀滅性武器目前只是嚇阻之用,但還能按捺多久? 另一方面,約旦部落客Naseem Tarawnah要問:「喬治亞在哪裡?」,因為他發現地圖上竟然沒有這個國家…沒錯,就是Google地圖。 如果各位與我年紀相近,閱讀史書裡的戰爭與衝突,每件事聽起來似乎都很老套,甚至有些久遠,因此我今天有點意外,終於出現與我這一代稍微相近的事情,本月喬治亞遭俄羅斯入侵顯然是頭條新聞,然而這個國家卻在地圖上消失了,就是Google地圖。 Naseem Tarawnah之後解釋,為何喬治亞沒有在地圖上: 在多數衝突中,基礎建設總是首要攻擊目標,Google不希望外界認為他們的地圖技術幫助特定一方,故決定將Google地圖常見得到的喬治亞境內細節全部移除,包括道路、鄉鎮、城市等,鄰國亞塞拜然與亞美尼亞的地圖細節也一併撤下。 另一位約旦部落客Hareega利用這場危機取笑美國總統布希(George Bush),質疑他的地理常識: 俄羅斯與喬治亞的戰火愈演愈烈,當布希總統聽聞喬治亞遭遇猛烈炮火時,他便呼籲美國亞特蘭大市民要支持下去,盡力做好奧運主辦城市的角色。 英文版回應翻譯如下: 2008年8月18日 16:16 Paul: 我是來自亞美尼亞的部落客,時常檢閱鄰近地區的Google地圖,對於喬治亞、土耳其、伊朗等國地圖細節總是不足,感到非常失望,現在戰爭爆發後,許多人於是利用Google地圖尋找喬治亞,然後便做出Google刻意將地圖細節撤下的結論,我可以向各位保證絕非如此!細節根本從來都沒有出現!如果有任何陰謀論指稱Google涉入這場戰爭等,那些都只是陰謀論! 校對:abstract
Ikbis Launch New Advanced Video Player (1)
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Ikbis, the popular Arab video and photo sharing website, has launched a new advanced video player with improved features, interface and performance. The new video player looks a lot cooler than the old one, and feels more organized, using space in a better way, with a new on hover dock system instead of the old fixed bar at the bottom. A new HD feature has been added to the player to enable watching videos in ...
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The Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship and Google have announced a new seminar titled “Online Advertising in the Arab World: Impacts and Opportunities“, with Google Country Business Development Manager (UAE) Husni Khuffash. The event will be taking place on August 21st (5:30 PM) at the Friendship auditorium in The Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Al Jubeiha, Amman (Jordan). As the title implies, the seminar will be tackling the topics of online advertising in the ...
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D1G recently announced that it has acquired the popular Jordanian forum “E7ki“, one of the biggest in Jordan, to integrate it into the D1G network of websites. The E7ki forum now operates under the D1G domain name, and is now in public beta, awaiting to be relaunched with a new design and more features. E7ki is the fifth acquisition by D1G after websites like: “Ya Sater”, 7asnaa, 66g and “Seen Jeem”. This acquisition follows a ...
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Words_Nick DePaula Interview_Nick DePaula & Steve Mullholand Photography_Steve Mullholand Great collections like these don’t just amass themselves. It’s countless efforts, connections, and perhaps an even greater luck of being just the right shoe size that factor most. Whether you’re an avid reader of the magazine and obsessive collector, a casual Jordan fan, or just beginning to learn about the legacy of the game shoe and all that such a rich history could entail, you most ...