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So in other words, you are wondering if the gearshift gear positions on a manual car are flipped relative to a left hand drive car?

This has to be Photoshopped. No one is that stupid. Answering the original assertion however, while attacks on civillians in general are always morally unacceptable, the Palestinians do have a decent claim for engaging in war with the Israelis. From what I have seen, Zionism in it's current form is a corrosive force preventing equality.

To respond to the original question: 1. Ronald Reagan 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Ronald Reagan 4, Ronald Reagan 5. Ronald Reagan Yes, he was that awesome.

Frangibles would not have made much difference. They are essentially identical to regular ammunition in their lethality characteristics; the only difference is that they are designed not to kill things behind the target. Why he would use such ammunition, particularly if it's illegal in Norway, is beyond me.

How so? We just don't have these. I'm still not quite sure how they work - colleges come and offer courses which you can take. You take them then after the course ends you take an exam in it and the result of the exam can help you get into the college that offered the course or? If that's the case then there's no such program here - no undergraduate courses being offered until you actually get into University. Alright third edit, i had to document myself a bit on what i was writing lol, shows how little i know about the educational system :mrgreen: No. Basically AP exams are standardized tests produced by a major nonprofit organization in the United States which test material that is covered in the average corresponding college course. The tests are normed on college students so that they are accurate, and then high schools administer them at the end of the year. They are graded by the college board, and scores are generated which may be used for college credit, depending on which school you go to (generally the more elite the college, the less likely they are to accept AP scores for credit). The classes themselves are taught by regular high school teachers, and they cover the syllabus provided by the college board. The entire thing is analogous in coverage and difficulty to the British A-level exams, if you are more familiar with that system. Depends on your university. A large helping of AP credits at a regular state university could cut your total time to a degree by 1 or even in some cases 2 years (meaning three or two years total, respectively), depending on what you major in - engineering for instance has many requirements, so you cannot skip much, but a major in, say, philosophy should be easy to accelerate. On the other hand, some (mostly elite) universities accept very few AP scores for credit, meaning that it's basically impossible to graduate faster that way (MIT comes to mind).

How so?

Honestly, you probably just don't understand the tests well that is, how they are written, what they cover, and how to attack them. Thusfar I have taken 15 tests, got all 5's on them (many without a teacher) and none are difficult if you find the right prep book/study topics and use them effectively. Regarding whether or not to retake the exams, it depends on where you are planning on going to college, and what you plan on doing there. If the school takes AP credit, retaking the exams would be a good idea as it would be less work then learning an entirely new one, but on the other hand if it was difficult the first time around you might want to look for exams you are naturally more interested in. If you're curious, I have taken: This year (junior): Language & Comp Macroeconomics (self-studied) Microeconomics (self-studied) chemistry Biology psychology Euopean History (self-studied) Art History (self-studied) Last year US History Calculus BC (self-studied calc AB) US government (self) Physics C- mech (self) Physics C- E&M (self) Freshman: Computer Science A (self) If you have any questions about any AP material at all, feel free to PM me - I know quite a bit about all the tests above, plus a few more I'm planning on taking next year, and I might be able to help pick out study books.

Rupert Murdoch is a media baron that owns a number of major newspapers around the world, including (most notably) the wall street journal. The issue being discussed is that one of his other papers, a british tabloid by the name of The News of the World was caught unethically and (probably) illegally gathering information for stories.

That was an awesome movie. Not much like the actual 4th though - we rarely have alien invasions on independence day.

"Eternal President" is the title. Pretty good outcome for a guy that killed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people.

Mitt Romney seems to be the most reasonable of the major candidates. Herman Cain was not too bad either, but given the current choices I would side with Romney.

Voted. As a moderate republican, I am surprised at the (slight) GOP leaning of TIF.

Aah, the Fourth of July. A time to have fun with guns and explosives.

I marked myself. It's surprising how few euros are on TIF.

Relativity is already taught in most physics classes - the only reason that it's not explored in detail in high school is the complicated math involved.

I wonder what proportion of China's growth can be attributed to the property bubble.

If prices can come down to levels similar to regular old inkjet printers, they will be everywhere - printing out 3D objects will be normal. And awesome.

warrior, what do you do for a living?

Unfortunate but not unexpected. Still, he will be killed eventually - the CIA will see to that.

This. Never paid much attention myself.

It seems unusually civil for such a debate. Look on the bright side though - at least Sarah Palin isn't there.

This is probably correct. My guess is that there was simply a bureaucratic mix-up due to an assessor checking the wrong boxes or something, since from the picture no reasonable person could conclude that the house was livable.

AAh yes, the olden days. While I have not been around as long as some, it's still been many years. My favorite memory was probably Trapical's party hat giveaway for charity - he was a legitimately decent person, giving away some 1 billion RSGP for charity.

I use email all the time - most people I talk to (formal things, that is) only use email.

Economic problems really are not much of an issue in this case because, put simply, such IDs already exist. The only difference is that as it stands today there are 51 different issuing organizations rather then just 1. Indeed, it would likely be cheaper to have just one identification system due to economies of scale yielding substantial efficiencies in the administration of the program. This guy seemed to be pretty successful at it. He was also a certified genius with a degree from Harvard and a PhD from Michigan, in addition to substantial resources. Hardly a practical example to follow for 99.9% of the country.