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Sunday, February 10, 2008 - Posts

• an easy riddle

  g3.xls Only skilled people can open this file……. once you succeed to open this file, you will find names of the people who have managed to open this…… Now it is your move! How to open attached file ? There is a bus with 7 girls Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 11:22 from Jordan Mafia - | 0 Comments

• البحث عن واحد يشبهني

  البحث عن واحد يشبهني ** ما زلت أبحث عني ..فتحتُ خزانتي فلم أجدني ..ذهبتُ لجارنا وقلت له : هل عرفتني ..فقال : مار عليّ ( هالزُّقم ) قبل هيك بس مين إنت بالضبط؛ والله يا عموه ما بعرف ..!!..ذهبتُ لزوجتي فقالت :والله والله ألمّ عليك الدنيا إذا ما تمشي من هان Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 10:35 from الكاتب الساخر كامل النصــيـرات | 0 Comments Filed under مقال ساخر

• Schooling for Democracy

  A NYT op-ed argues that we should lower the voting age to 16: Legal age requirements should never stand alone. They should be flexible and pragmatic and paired with educational and cognitive requirements for the exercise of legal maturity... 16-year-olds Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 06:03 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under Education, democracy

• Engaging persons or ideas

  [My worries about history requirements reminded me of this old draft from a couple of years ago that I never got around to publishing. Better late than never, I suppose.] It often happens that a reader "takes away" something quite different from a piece Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 03:12 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under Blogging, history

• Hitler’s Children - Education for Death - The Making of a Nazi - Anti Nazi Propaganda

  This is Another Disney produced cartoon propaganda film entitled Hitler’s Children, Education for Death. The film uses very typical propaganda images and sounds - the Nazi’s tower over the people who behave as if they are terrified. This one really just Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 12:56 from Jordan Mafia - | 0 Comments

• Artist of the month

  It must have been aaaaaaaaaaaages since I wrote my last post in this category! Well I'm back to bothering all my readers with reviving this section again:D I knew about this artist through "This week in Palestine" and found his work quite intriguing. Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 12:55 from Arabesque Rhapsody | 0 Comments

• The Game

  Egypt has just won over Cameroon and is now the Champion of African Football. Woohoo! I really enjoyed this game and Egypt deserved to win the African Cup of Nations. Now onward to the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. I so can’t wait! As a plus, those Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 12:12 from Tololy's Box | 0 Comments Filed under Life

• Distribution Requirements

  Should graduate coursework be subject to distribution requirements? I certainly approve of having wide-ranging interests and a broad philosophical background. But I'm not so sure it's a good idea to force this on graduate students. Some may want to focus Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 11:07 from Philosophy, et cetera | 0 Comments Filed under academia, Education, history

• Tawjihi: for a better, secure, educated future

  Around 109,222 students who registered for the winter session Tawjihi sat for the test, with approximately 4,174 students eligible to join state universities after completing the exam’s requirements. Another 11,015 students are eligible to join private Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 09:17 from And Far Away | 0 Comments

• a future without much water

  I see that King Abdullah has directed a Royal Water Committee to be set up. It is something that is urgently needed with the large amount of hotels, offices and residential buildings being built. Our water system must be straining at the seams and it Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 05:06 from Jordan Journals | 0 Comments

• Picture Guessing Game 5

  Might as well, seeing as this blog seems to be more about photos than about anything of substance lately, and also because I can't think of anything else that is politically correct for me to ramble about. (Lots of, however, politically incorrect things Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 04:05 from Rants and Rambles | 0 Comments Filed under The Picture Guessing Game

• Figure Evolution

  The guys over at Neatorama have put up a post illustrating the evolution of tech companies’ logos. Some of theses evolutions are things we can trace in our recent memory, others are much older. Some of them were good shots, others were not. Adobe Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 03:08 from And Far Away | 0 Comments

• It’s Good To Be A Woman (Humor)

  1. We got off the Titanic first. 2. We can scare male bosses with the mysterious gynecological disorder excuses. 3. Taxis stop for us. 4. We don’t look like a frog in a blender when dancing. 5. No fashion faux pas we make could ever rival the Speedo. Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 02:01 from Maioush | 0 Comments Filed under fun

• In your face

  According to AP, Yahoo is going to reject Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid. Woohoo. The internet is safe again. For now. [link] Read More... Posted 10-02-2008 01:06 from And Far Away | 0 Comments