Raf

WG, My point in bringing up Andrew was that it was the first named storm of the season. It's not unusual for the season to be quiet until August.

Actually, no. It runs from June through November. August is not an unusual start date to see some real storms. Hurricane Andrew struck Florida on Aug. 24, 1992.

Come to think of it, I'd rather have it come to us, if it's nice and weak. We could use the water.

Or dissipates. Be prepared.

In the meantime, Texas, watch out for Tropical Storm Erin, which should be hitting around Thursday or Friday off the gulf coast.

Gotta be specific on this one. "I want to look in the window." "It will cost you nothing, which I'm sure is good news for you." "Will they be able to see me?" "No, which I'm sure is good news for them." *** "Thank you very much. That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me."

We'll catch those thieves red handed! What color are their hands now? The Great Muppet Caper

atheist = I believe there is no god or gods. agnostic = I don't know whether or not there's a god or gods. theist = I believe there is a god or gods. Jew = I believe there is a specific God who played a direct role in our history. Christian = I believe in the Jewish God, but I believe he's done more than Jewish people think. Muslim = I believe in the Jewish God, but I believe Christians and Jews have misrepresented Him. Unification Church = I believe in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim God, and he owns the Washington Times. Jehovah's Witness = I believe in the Christian and Jewish God, and He's no fun. The Way = I believe in the Christian God, and He doesn't mind if you sleep around as long as you nitpick over the placement of commas. Post Way = I believe in the Christian God, but He's a little taller and smarter than I gave Him credit for. Other Post Way = Can I go back to agnostic?

I always wondered about that, but was too embarrassed to ask.

From observation, I would have to say wolf in sheep's clothing. If he were preaching today and I knew about him what I know now, I would have to warn fellow Christians to stay away from him. I would consider him not to be trusted. He used and abused God's people and manipulated God's Word to satisfy his lust for power, his lust for money and his lust for the flesh, all while wearing a suit of the finest wool. That's from observation. From the heart, I don't know if he was a heartbreakingly flawed Billy Graham or a twisted, evil P.T. Barnum.

I'll just make a general comment that works of journalism generally don't carry "footnotes" per se, and that the necessary citations are usually in the text itself. If you don't see an obvious citation, there can be a couple of reasons for it: 1. It's a firsthand account: the author personally observed it, and therefore there is no need for citation. 2. There are numerous overlapping citations, meaning you can't narrow it down to one source. An example of this would be the "Mission Accomplished" banner or that Bush flew a plane to an aircraft carrier or something. Who do you cite? The New York Times? The Washington Post? CNN? Every news organization that did a story? 3. Somewhere else in the text, there may have been a "blanket attribution," an acknowledgment that significant portions of what you're writing are coming from another source, and naming the source. You'll sometimes see that in a news article when it says: "Here's what police say happened:" What immediately follows that line is not attributed to its source, because it pretty much already has been. There was such an acknowledgment, for example, at the beginning of the "Introduction to God's Heart" class once taught by CES. The class was a new presentation of old PFAL, and it told you so right at the beginning, acknowledging Wierwille by name and noting that it would deviate somewhat from what he taught, but would also repeat much of what he taught. After that point, it's not necessary to say "Wierwille said this, Wierwille said that, according to Wierwille..." The blanket attribution in the class itself sufficed. I don't know if Geer did the same thing. If he did, there's no need to argue about plagiarism in his case. I'm sure there are others, but without specific examples, I wouldn't know how to explain them.

Thanks everyone. Had a great b-day!

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The Mask of Zorro Anthony Hopkins Silence of the Lambs

Door knocker Mr. Ed Looking up Knocked Up

Ooh! Ooh! I know! I know!

"You're doing well. Your brother would have shot himself by now." Capt. Harrison Love taunts Zorro (Alejandro Murrieta). Earlier in the movie, Love had Murrieta's brother (Joaquin) surrounded. The brother shot himself rather than submit to the execution he knew was coming. Interesting historical fact: There really was a Joaquin Murrieta, and he really was a thief. And he really was killed by Capt. Harry Love. *** "The lady and I were trying to dance." "You were trying. She was succeeding." "Don Alejandro" cuts in on a dance between Love and Elena Montero (de la Vega, though she doesn't know it). *** "I would have killed him." "No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. Oh, yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly..." "I've never lost a fight." "Except to a crippled old man just now." Brilliant exchange at the initial meeting of Diego de la Vega and the very drunk Alejandro, who was ill-advisedly charging toward Love until Diego stopped him. *** "I have broken the fourth commandment, padre." "You killed somebody?" "No, that is not the fourth commandment." "Of course not. Tell me, in what way did you break the most sacred of commandments." "I dishonored my father." "That is not so bad. Maybe your father deserved it." "What?" "I said, tell me more, my child." Alejandro hides out in a confessional booth, unaware that Elena is waiting to make a confession. She figures he's the priest, so she starts confessing.

Hmmm. Oxen... gnu... Beast of Burden by the Rolling Stones?

Oh goody. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/

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I agree with rascal: I wasn't disappointed at all. I loved Kreacher and Dobby. They were awesome (and they justified all that nonsense in previous books about Hermione's concern for the house elves). I guess I never clamored for any more information on the veil: I figured Sirius was dead and that was the end of that. And I took the "avada kedavra" and green burst of light in the OTP movie as confirmation that Rowling wanted us to believe Sirius was quite simply dead. So there are holes. Yup. But no bigger (or smaller) than the holes in Star Wars (like how does Obi-Wan not know in ESB that Luke was NOT their last hope). The bad thing about the deaths of Lupin and Tonks is that we don't get to see it and will never know exactly how heroically they died. The good thing about that, though, is that it reinforces the scene as breakneck-fast, an actual battle with lots going on at once, and Harry only being able to see but so much of it and having little to no time to react to it until it is pretty much over. The "effin" and "bitch" lines were unnecessary, I thought. Rowling's epilogue is written with a child in mind, and the rest of the book should have kept that in mind, too. As an adult, I don't mind the use of those words. But when i think of the rest of the audience, particularly the youngest, I'm disappointed. And the more I think of the epilogue, the less I like it. It only scratches the surface of what we'd like to know about their futures. It doesn't even tell us whether our three heroes GRADUATED, for Pete's sake. Did they get honorary degrees or something?

"You're doing well. Your brother would have shot himself by now." *** "The lady and I were trying to dance." "You were trying. She was succeeding." *** "I would have killed him." "No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. Oh, yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly..." "I've never lost a fight." "Except to a crippled old man just now." *** "I have broken the fourth commandment, padre." "You killed somebody?" "No, that is not the fourth commandment." "Of course not. Tell me, in what way did you break the most sacred of commandments." "I dishonored my father." "That is not so bad. Maybe your father deserved it." "What?" "I said, tell me more, my child."