| Read Dec 20th entry in My Utmost for his Highest..to get a spot-on message about Christianity..well, about my faith in particular...I have half a paper left! and then I'm done. :) |
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| .......I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME
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| Why am I so persistently critical about my own country? I remain dubious.The pun contained in the article's title does not help the frivolous impressions formed already about the scientific objectives of our first man (what else-were you even expecting they'd choose a woman, much less anyone else but a ____ [purposefully left blank to decrease potential 'ethnic tensions', as urged by our esteemed Prime Minister] ) in space, otherwise known as the 'Angksawan'. |
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| can someone teach me to write/think faster?
some proposals so far: practice freewriting, not care about the construction and syntax of every sentence, give up your perfectionist character, read more blogs.
One French essay needs proofreading.
One Govt takehome final almost halfway through.
One Writing Workshop final report needs to be hastily composed.
One English research paper is going to be screwed.
One Nationalism final paper has changed its country focus to Cambodia.
I owe my nocturnal habits to the studious people in PAC lab and the friend who brought me the milkshake that has kept me typing until now.
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| "In Mogadishu the Islamists are continuing their hearts-and-minds campaign, organizing neighborhood cleanups, delivering food to the needy and resuscitating old national institutions like the Supreme Court, which was given a fresh coat of paint and reopened in October.
Streets that were clogged with years of debris are now clear and bureaucracy is budding, with more rules and more paperwork, including forms at the airport that ask name, age, nationality and religion — Muslim or non-Muslim being the only choices.
All the talk of slaughtering Ethiopian invaders and their American sponsors, though, seems to have brought out a harsher side of the Islamic administration. Nearly every day, rings of people gather on Mogadishu’s streets to watch lashings, and the crowds cheer as leather whips cut canals into flesh. One Islamic leader in a town north of Mogadishu recently issued an edict threatening that anyone who did not pray five times a day would be beheaded."
The above excerpt is from a NYT article on the budding conflict between Ethiopia/weak Somali govt and the Islamist faction in Somalia. (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/world/africa/14somalia.html?pagewanted=2)
I literally envisioned the hate-filled, godless period of Daniel in the Bible when I read the above paragraph.
Who said that the Old Testament was outdated ? It's happening all over again. This is scary. |
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