Look at the sidebar, I saw this widget on Ammena's blog and she told me the page where I can get the code.
This widget will show the updated figures on your page. I thank Ammena to show me this widget, and especially the creator of this widget. If any of you know who the creator is, please let me know.
Anyway, may Allah reward the creator, and may Allah SWT be with them who passed away during Israel assault. Ameen.
Salaam!
Leaving year 2008, while you perhaps are partying somewhere, welcoming the new year's eve... hundreds of people are dying as result of days Israel airstrikes on Gaza Strip. 
Since 27 December 2008, Israel's aerial bombardment had taken heavy toll --majority of them are women and children-- and the Gazans entrapped without any prospect of immediate ceasefire.
Because of International media bias in reporting the conflicts, only few people know that the life in Gaza had been worsening for years, even without the latest bombardment. Since 2006, Israel has reduced or cut off the flow of goods, food and fuel, limitting access to health care, and freedom of movement of all 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Majority of the Gazans are dependent on international food aid. Despite the lack of clean water for the people of Gaza to drink, Israel bars the delivery of water filters. To make things worse, Israel prevented peace activists, human rights observers, and others who might witness the occupation from arriving in Palestine.
The media biased many facts about Gaza Strip. Little we know that since 2000, more than 2,500 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli violence --while Palestinian militants have fired rockets into southern Israel, killing 11 people since 2000-07. To break down the Hamas, Israel carried out collective punishment of Palestinian civilians. And now, again, Israel violates international law, including the Geneva Conventions, not to mention every principle of human rights and dignity.
The Washington Post (just to name one) reported that Hospital in Gaza engulfed by the suffering, but the latest news I read (on Time Magazine online) before writing this was Israeli leaders decided to reject an immediate 48-hour pause in fighting. This is of course causing international aid and humanitarian workers cannot reach the region easily. And this will result in heavier death toll...
What you can do to stop this massacre? Or, do you care enough about this people, the Palestinians, the victims of a gross violation against humanity? Whether you are Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, or other beliefs you hold, if you care about the women and children there, the civilians' life, if you are pro justice and humanity, please do anything you can to help them in need.
Wassalaamu'allaikum.
See what happened, see what you can do:*
Latest News, Organizations, Donation, Useful Links to get more information
- Al Jazeera, the Latest Updates on Gaza raids, and Gaza channel on Twitter
- Gaza News
- Israel/Palestine news on ZNet
- Palestine Children's relief Fund »» give donation
- Palestinian Centre for Human Rights » » give donation » find other useful links
- Gaza Latest News and News Video Real-Time Updates Vinny’s Breaking News Blog
- Stop Israel's Massacre in Gaza!
- Palestine Solidarity Campaign (UK)
- Islamic Relief Emergencies and Appeals
- Donate for Palestine
- Electronic Intifada
- American Task Force on Palestine » » give donation
- The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
- Palestine media Watch
- Free Gaza Human Right Workers Ships » » donation
- Christian Peacemaker Teams
- International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
Pictures at Reuters
- Palestinian Medical Relief Society
- on FaceBook, join the group of Raising Awarness of the Occupation in Palestine, Save their Lives
- IF YOU ARE INDONESIAN BLOGGER, visit Calling For Action: Bloggers Condemn Israel!
- Miko Peled blog
- Tikun Olam blog
* you can find other resources, these ones are just for a start.
This is really... breathtaking, LOL... I link this post from Thoughtspurs, this is just too good to be true
Yesterday I was reading how a person had scaled the panda enclosure of at a zoo in China. He just felt compelled to give the panda a hug. The startled panda bit the man.
I hope he's ok. The panda, that is.
Just heard that DJ, Mark Leishman's dog (and co-star of our microshow The Pet Project) has passed away. The series is still running on Breakfast TV. Does that make DJ something like Heath Ledger?
Pic via Dan Pink
I just wonder about many things.. and still hope for too many things. Obama is definitely one of my best bet for this time.
After watched Obama-Cain debate yesterday, I --for the first time in my life-- browse Internet to look for people I knew ... the results were amazing:
one letter from my old best friend, telling me she miss me and asking me where I am now. to this I replied: I am here, missing you, aching to touch you like a thief trembling before the crown he targeted
one page about my love, about places she had been, what she suggested for other traveler wanting to know the easiest-safest-nicest-most decent ways to reach them (oh, I miss her like never before, yet I am grateful for knowing she is alive and well-- I guest so)
thousand possibilities for unexpected meetings
huge basket of spirit to write my book, which is being asked again and again by the editor and publisher, a saga of my journey LOL
hundreds other joyful discoveries, which would have been hurt for me in the past but now I am grateful for knowing it as part of love, betrayal, pain, maturity, sacrifice, longing, desire, and victorious era of me
I am grateful... for having this life, this beautiful life that is going to be even more beautiful soon...
Yes, it's unbelieveable, my childhood hero, unnoticed struggle with cancer, yes, hard to believe Richard Wright had passed away. I regret my decision to avoid internet this weeks. I cannot check alagaesia every second just to see the count down of Brisingr's release time... but, missed the breaking news about this loss... well, it's really a shame of me.
Millions people missed you, and respected your privacy --that's marked you as a real star... uh, bye... Shine on you, Rick...
I always imagine there is a button in this world, which with you can press to undo the pain, or delete the sorrow...
don't know...
it's just another time of plaque on my sky
and I'm running, escaping the shadow,
trying to kill my time... instead of myself
My internet connection drives me crazy, such a perfect time for server downtime [sigh] ... just when I feel something about to explode in my chest and I need to look for more information about the subject. It's a deep sorrow, something I couldn't understand, more complicated than my personal pain. I couldn't say a word hearing the Poet passed away two days ago.
Darwish is one of Poets I admire for his dedication and his contribution for his Nation. It's really a huge contribution: he brought unity feeling of a Nation more than ever to the Palestinians, and he stood up not just for his homeland but for defending the rights of people to be free from any degradation, violence, crime against humanity.
I admire him... sometimes reading his poems in late of night, being touched and pray for his (and his people) struggle for his homeland. I cannot write more than this. It's simply the drier world after he's gone. Our world will never be the same. May God embrace his soul, and the world will never forget that this straanger lived as a stranger in his homeland, died as a stranger in a strange land
Sharie kept moving. Every step she took made her press her lips more as thousand pricks of pain raised from her feet. Blue sky turned into bright white for her, the forest seemed closed for seconds, but the sands still grasped her feet and sounds of the waves slapped the rocks still too clear in her ear. Everything blurred, the world was shaky in her vision. She tighten the rope around her waist, looked at Praja’s body. I’m sorry to drag you like this. I love you too much; the ocean should never bring you back from death again.
Can't stand the night, really. "Wish you were here," the disc player had been mourning for hours. Ok, I give you the brilliant lyric of one of Pink Floyd's masterpiece:
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-V)"Thirty four something, an old lonely man knocked on my virtual door: "Are you there?" Are you there, after this long time, after these whole eleven years?
Didn't know what to say, I just dived deeper into the Net, and find the very page I would loved to read --if it had been published eleven years ago:
I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five
I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flicking a cigarette
And what it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign
I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chickenshit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
And what it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab
ah. ah.
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Nah, this is an interesting writing group I heard from a
friend. When I joined them, after the moderator approved my
membership(oops, yes, you have to submit one or two of your
works as sample, better if it had been published somewhere,
in a book or printted circulation like magazine or
newspaper) the system automatically sent me files. Not only
welcoming, it included some tips wrriten neatly in easy
language. One of enlightening articles i ever read. You can
read one of them below, and if find it useful and you want
to get more, join your self at mdpublishing groups
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Just to get you primed and ready for writing, here are a few
tips:
Whatever you are writing (and this applies to
non-imaginative writing as well),
you MUST (absolutely must) have:
1. A BEGINNING
2. A MIDDLE
3. AN END
Sounds logical, doesn't it? But you'd be astounded at the
number of people who ignore this simple principle of
writing.
In imaginative writing,
you BEGIN by introducing your character/s,
setting the scene (in place, time and atmosphere)
and establishing the main story line.
In the MIDDLE you place a couple of obstacles in the path of
your characters - a problem or difficulty that has to be
overcome. This builds tension and maintains interest as well
as allowing you the chance to reveal more about your
characters and their strengths and weaknesses. You then
build to a climax of the action.
The END involves tying together any loose ends - if you've
introduced something like a mysterious car driving past at
different times, then you must explain its significance
before you finish - if it has no significance, then leave it
out! You can have a twist at the end of your writing, but
don't make it too complicated or far-fetched and please
(please, please) DON'T have your character wake up and find
it was all a dream ...Aargh!
The key to success in imaginative and dramatic writing is to
write about things you know and understand. Stay on familiar
ground and you stay out of trouble.
Many people make the mistake of thinking that good writing
has to have masses of drama (these are the same people who
think that good acting is LOUD acting). You only have to
cast your mind over some of the more woeful offerings on the
telly to understand how prevalent this is.
You know the sort of thing - a typical day in a typical
suburban street: a mugging, an attempted suicide, a
long-lost parent returns and wreaks havoc in the lives of
his/her long-lost family, the lovers discover that they're
really brother and sister the day before they're due to be
married, the drive-by shooting, the old duffer on the corner
reveals that he's really an eccentric millionaire and little
Johnny discovers aliens in the refrigerator ...
You don't need all that nonsense.
The best writing deals with subjects and events that we can
all relate to and understand. That's not to say that you
shouldn't attempt science-fiction, thrillers, action stories
and romance writing. Just keep one foot firmly on the ground
(or your tongue firmly in your cheek). There's a difference
between the improbable, the impossible and the
you've-got-to-be-joking.
Remember that the aim of this form of writing is to
entertain and to amuse - but that doesn't mean that you want
your audience to be falling about laughing at you.
If you're tackling a novel or any extended piece of writing,
you must take steps to keep track of your:
Characters
Scenes
Plot twists
There's nothing worse than getting to the end of a novel and
wondering why the writer introduced that scene in the
mountains; or what ever happened to that fellow who was
hanging around outside the heroine's bayside cottage at the
beginning of the story or just what was the significance of
that necklace which played such a major role in the dispute
between the two main characters in chapter five ...
You owe it to your readers to tie up all the loose ends - if
we wanted loose ends, we'd just observe our own lives! We
read novels because we like that satisfying feeling that,
yes, it does all fit together; there really is method in all
the madness.
It can be very difficult to keep all the loose ends under
your control when writing a novel - especially if you're
writing it over a prolonged period.
The best way to keep track of events is to invest in some A3
paper. Turn the paper side on, so that it spreads out like a
banner, sideways. You can tape several sheets together to
make a long strip. Now you can begin plotting your novel.
Start at the beginning and write down the date you have in
mind for the start of the events in your novel.
Write this at the top left-hand corner of your paper and
highlight it. Each time you change the time-frame, write the
date above the events, at the top of the paper, and
highlight it in the same colour.
Divide your paper into sections and keep one section for
each main element of the novel
Character
Plot
Setting
For example, you already have the time-frame at the top of
your paper, so you could have the top third of each page for
characters; the middle section for plot development and the
bottom of each page for changes in setting.
Any plot twists need to be highlighted in a different colour
or circled I boxed or whatever - just do something which
will draw them to your attention, so that you don't forget
about them.
As you unravel each plot twist, you can go back to where you
first introduced it and cross it out to show that you have
dealt with it. That way, you can easily check that all loose
ends are tied together, because it will be immediately
obvious if a particular event hasn't been crossed out.
Don't try to cram too much onto each page - the whole point
of this process is to give you plenty of room to change your
ideas without the problem of numerous pieces of loose paper.
You have plenty of paper at your disposal - so roll out a
separate page for each separate idea. You can then add new
ideas as they occur to you, cross out bits that don't work,
write little reminders to yourself (have a special colour
for these reminders, so that they stand out - or circle them
in a special way) and initial them as you deal with them.
Don't separate the pages either - keep them together, so
that events stay in order (it's a good idea to doubly
safeguard your system by numbering your pages - just in case
they're accidentally torn).
You'll find that there's no substitute for being able to see
everything set out like this. When you come back to your
opus after a time away from it, you can simply unroll your
paper and have an immediate overview of plot development,
characters and so on.
And it's especially effective if you can literally unroll
the whole lot in order to get this overview - so try to find
a big room - a hallway is often the only space suitable once
you get under way. Never mind, your family and friends will
soon become accustomed to the sight of you crawling up and
down the hallway, muttering to yourself and scribbling on
tatty bits of paper ...
OK - now you don't have any excuse. So pick up that box of
colouring-in pencils, grab your paper and start scribbling.
Funtastic day, after months being elsewhere (not really on earth he he he), i work on this Green Lil Devils skin template again, upload it, and... I join in Technorati. Well, a bit outdated but stil i love to see my Technorati Profile Still dont know how it works... i'll tell you later
Applies to: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
I remember opening my first e-mail account and thinking how much fun it was to send a message to a friend. However, most people now no longer find e-mail simple or fun. E-mail messaging now exceeds telephone traffic and is the dominant form of business communication. Some workers tell me that handling e-mail consumes half of their day. A recent Wall Street Journal report indicates that soon employees will spend three to four hours a day on e-mail.
Don't you wish that every person who received a new e-mail account had to agree to follow certain rules to use it? There are certain professional standards expected for e-mail use. Here are some things to keep in mind regarding professional e-mail conduct:
Use these suggestions as a starting point to create e-mail etiquette rules that will help your team stay efficient and professional.
About the author Laura Stack is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., an international consulting firm in
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