[East Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2006]
Dr. Ilan Pappe, is Israeli born and a graduate of Hebrew University and Oxford who is currently teaching at Haifa University. He is a well known revisionist or "post-Zionist" Israeli historian who has been both acclaimed and demonized. His most recent work is "A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples" which documents the expulsion of Palestinians as an orchestrated crime of ethnic cleansing.
He spoke at the Notre Dame Conference center in East ...Read more...
Unfortunately Crime is on the rise. No matter where you live and work where there are people, some one will be unhappy. Its called human nature. No one can predict the future, but there is always something's that can be done.
Like the Boy Scout's ma to "Be Prepared" It will increase the odds that you may prevent something from happening to You and Your's!.
The first thing to think about is there are many situations that may occur and to be aware of them. That way you may not have to experience ...Read more...
Though North Korea's nuclear explosion had a low yield, its reverberations are clearly heard in the Middle-East. The failure of the United States' policy in the Asian Crisis, was highlighted in this last experiment. A status report
In a rare and unusual remark from a diplomatic point of view, an Israeli official has anonymously spoken of the nuclear experiment performed in the other half of the globe. The senior political source, as the media identified him, called upon the International ...Read more...
Olaf, Fido, Rascal, and Jinxy live inside a cat shelter waiting for a new family to pick them up and take them in a real home, to then snuggle, sleep, scratch some firnuture, eat, and sleep some more. These are not the only things they share in common, these funny kittens attracts people's attention with their same color: black.
Being associated with the darkness of night does not help their image because the color black has always been associated with evil due to our ancestor's fear of the ...Read more...
Did you see that? Someone just came out of our neighbors' house and jumped into that running vehicle.
Dave and Kathy had just come home from dinner when they saw a stranger coming out of their neighbors' home. Their neighbors' Don and Suzie were on vacation and had asked Dave and Kathy to keep an eye on their house while they were away.
Dave called the police immediately and when they arrived everyone went into Don and Suzie's house. The place was in shambles. Furniture was knocked over, and ...Read more...
Jerry and Sue were busy with their hectic work schedule, so they decided to hire a nanny to take care of their baby girl. When they met a 42-year-old mother of two, named Kara, they thought their prayers had been answered. After interviewing a dozen candidates, they finally found a nanny they really liked. Gradually, as the weeks went by though, the parents noticed certain changes in their daughters' behavior. Although she seemed healthy, she developed certain peculiarities that made her ...Read more...
Well darlings,
From statistics released by the Home Office each year, a league table ranking the performance of our 43 police forces is compiled by the Press Association. The Government's Police Performance Assessments rate the constabularies for seven different categories and they are: Reducing Crime; Investigating Crime; Promoting Safety; Providing Assistance; Citizen Focus; Resource Use; and Local Policing. For each of those categories a police force is rated as being either: "excellent", ...Read more...
Battered Women's Syndrome
Battered woman syndrome (more commonly called "BWS" or "Intimate Partner Abuse and its Effects") describes a pattern of psychological and behavioral symptoms found in women living in abusive relationships. (BWS occurs in same-sex relationships, and men can suffer from "BWS," but the overwhelming amount of research in the area has focused upon the female sufferer.) Typically, BWS falls under the category of post-traumatic stress disorder. There are four general ...Read more...
Many years ago, I made friends with a professor who taught
business communications in a respectable Long Island University.
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that this
self-reliant, well-educated, and good-looking woman could be the
victim of domestic abuse. Yet, she was. As our friendship grew,
she began to trust me and tell me about the awful experiences in
her past. She had stayed in that abusive marriage for over
fourteen years. When her son turned fourteen, for his sake ...Read more...
Identity theft is the fastest growing criminal activity in the
20th Century, replacing illegal drug sales.
How BIG is this Problem?
Banks, credit card companies and businesses that house servers
storing passwords or other sensitive information all report
"break-ins"through Trojan viruses or other online hacking
methods - resulting in the loss of millions of pieces of
information. Instances of lost information are employees selling
it and other lax security measures resulting in thieves ...Read more...
You may try to save a few bucks by buying a designer handbag
replica, but there are several reasons why it makes sense to buy
the real thing:
1. Although replicas may look like the real thing, the
workmanship and quality can't be compared to the original.
2. Counterfeiters avoid paying taxes since their businesses are
generally operated on a cash basis. Citizens like you and I
still have to pay.
3. The sale of counterfeit designer goods has been linked to
terrorist and gang activity as well as ...Read more...
On the 25th November 2001 Penny Beale was brutally murdered. The
victim of domestic violence, she was punched, kicked and stamped
on by her partner. She received 123 injuries including 18 broken
ribs, her liver, spleen and lungs were pierced. Penny was 31
years old.
Penny's story was not unique, it followed a pattern that is
repeated daily world-wide. On average 3 women a day are killed
in the US by their partners and the crime covers all social
classes. As a result of Penny's death her mother ...Read more...
Fall and winter may have brought out long peacoats and trenches
before, but not this year. One of the most sought-after pieces
for the upcoming season will be the shrunken jacket, in a
variety of styles. The difference between these new, tinier
versions of your traditional autumn and winter favorites is
their length; cuts are the same as traditional coats, but they
hit slightly above the waist and often tie or button under the
chest. The beauty of these new pieces is that they provide
coverage ...Read more...
A name that will haunt me for a long time to come after reading
an article in the local newspaper is that of science fiction
author Mr L Ron Hubbard the creator of a controversial
organisation called Scientology. Many famous stars are devout
dedicated followers and Tom Cruise is the one that comes to mind
that impelled me to write this article
Before I go any further passing any judgement on the rules of
this establishment. First let me congratulate Tom Cruise and
Katie Holmes who are ...Read more...
He's A Stalker If..............................
Ladies have you come home from a long hard day at work only to
find your estranged or current partner hiding in your bushes,
parked in his car further down the street with binoculars
watching your house, hiding behind the neighbors tree or just
blatantly sitting in your house waiting on you! If you answered
yes to any of these questions.....................honey he is a
stalker.
There is nothing cute or loving about a spouse (estranged ...Read more...