I just got done reading a post on Jewlicious about attempts within the Orthodox community to deal with the issue of premarital sex. The post has 681 comments at this point. It literally took me all afternoon to read through everything. Jesus. I emailed UM (who I’ve taken to referring to as Mr. Frodo due [...]
Browsing Posts published in January, 2006
The Journey to Unity ? 173b When Animals Take Priority: Part 2 This letter contains some teachings from Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, which were cited in “The Vision of Eden” and which I later studied in the original source, “Ein Rayah”: Dear Friends, We have begun a discussion on the mitzvah to feed our animals [...]
By RIVA RICHMOND DOW JONES NEWSWIRES January 30, 2006; Page B6 online.wsj.com/article/SB113858515229259640.html?mod=technology_main_ whats_news EarthLink Inc. plans to begin offering a high-speed Internet and online-calling package for consumers in three metropolitan markets through an expanded partnership with Covad Communications Group Inc. EarthLink, based in Atlanta, was set to offer the service in the San Francisco and [...]
Jan. 30, 2006 Balloons to be tested as cell-tower replacement Associated Press www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/13748610.htm BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Why put up costly cell phone towers in thinly populated areas, when a few balloons would do? In North Dakota, former Gov. Ed Schafer is backing a plan to loft wireless network repeaters on balloons high above the [...]
By Steven Plaut FrontPageMagazine.com January 30, 2006 frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21086 Ever since Hamas’s victory in the Palestinian “elections,” the media inside and outside Israel have continued to miss the most crucial realities of the Mideast crisis. One of the main themes of the media has been that Hamas’ victory is due to the failure of the PLO [...]
There’s a posting for an administrative assistant that just went up today. I’m definitely applying. I hope I get it. I’d like to put an end to this unproductivity.
United Airlines will close its frequent-flier call center in Tucson at the end of April in a move that will affect 150 employees. A spokesman for the bankrupt Chicago-based airline said 20 salaried and management employees will be laid off, while 130 employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers will be [...]
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Philippines’ largest call center is bent on hiring fresh female graduates from this city’s different schools for the manpower requirements of its expansion program in the country. Female employees are highly sought after due to their familiarity with Spanish as well as English. Source
Since it’s been nice here today, and it’s supposed to be even nicer tomorrow, I decided to open my windows. I stood at the front one, trying to open it with all my might, but it wouldn’t budge. I thought maybe it was stuck, and kept at it. Then it hit me. It was locked. [...]
By Ezra HaLevi 00:20 Jan 29, ’06 / 29 Tevet 5766 israelnn.com/news.php3?id=97453 Rav Kaduri, born in 1898, was 108 years old. He was hospitalized for 13 days prior to his death. Rabbi Kaduri’s funeral will set out at 12 PM Sunday from Jerusalem’s Nahalat Yitzchak Yeshiva, which he headed. The Yeshiva is located in 19 [...]
