Tibet monasteries on lockdown after protests
Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:25am EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities sealed off three monasteries in Tibet, reports said on Friday, after a wave of rare street protests in the remote, Buddhist region whose rule has become a focus for critics ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
The demonstrations, which also spilled into Chinese provinces populated by Tibetans, began earlier...
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Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:25am EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities sealed off three monasteries in Tibet, reports said on Friday, after a wave of rare street protests in the remote, Buddhist region whose rule has become a focus for critics ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
The demonstrations, which also spilled into Chinese provinces populated by Tibetans, began earlier...
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naty:
congrats, i love your new set 
redheadedleague:
Yet the world continue to act as if China is a well-behaved member of the international community (not that the U.S. is, either.) These monks are calling to our collective conscience.
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Everyone has heard about all the fast food chains, amusement parks, Starbucks, etc., switching to trans-fat free oil. This in theory is a good idea. But I wanted to point out a disturbing fact that is left out of most reports, and offer a brief meditation on the evils of Monsanto.
The new trans-fat free oil that is being...
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Everyone has heard about all the fast food chains, amusement parks, Starbucks, etc., switching to trans-fat free oil. This in theory is a good idea. But I wanted to point out a disturbing fact that is left out of most reports, and offer a brief meditation on the evils of Monsanto.
The new trans-fat free oil that is being...
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autumnfade:
Great blog, the trans fat "Spin" fails to mention that or Monsanto 
m4d5ki11z:
Sad to see the potential devistation these things could cause
Great to see that not everyone is prepared to bury their heads in the sand
Great to see that not everyone is prepared to bury their heads in the sand
Protester immolation virtually unnoticed
By ASHLEY M. HEHER, Associated Press Writer Sun Nov 26, 5:24 PM ET
CHICAGO - Malachi Ritscher envisioned his death as one full of purpose.
He carefully planned the details, mailed a copy of his apartment key to a friend, created to-do lists for his family. On his Web site, the 52-year-old experimental musician who'd fought with depression even penned his...
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By ASHLEY M. HEHER, Associated Press Writer Sun Nov 26, 5:24 PM ET
CHICAGO - Malachi Ritscher envisioned his death as one full of purpose.
He carefully planned the details, mailed a copy of his apartment key to a friend, created to-do lists for his family. On his Web site, the 52-year-old experimental musician who'd fought with depression even penned his...
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jeremyscareme:
Seconded. And thirded.
Wow.
Good on you for spreading the word.
Wow.
Good on you for spreading the word.
takeahnase:
I'm sure he believed in what he preached, but I've always believed that a person makes more of a difference alive. That's just me, though 
Again with the Dylan Thomas obsession...
I want to devour every morsel of this poem, fuck it from inside and out, wear it like skin.
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The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same...
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I want to devour every morsel of this poem, fuck it from inside and out, wear it like skin.
********
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same...
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asterix:
Mary Oliver, The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.
sevenheadsonearm:
he reminds me of my highschool english teacher
it's hot now!
too hot for pants!
too hot for pants!
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sloane:
Thank you so much for the comment on my set! Coming from such a pretty lady, it did make me blush! 
magneticflux:
Pants? Summer time is for shorts and commando.
Porn Industry Stoops to New Low
by James L. Lambert
February 28, 2006
ChristiansUnite.com) - - In what is further evidence of the porn industry's disdain of Christianity, an Internet-based sex toy company has begun selling items modeled after religious icons.
Web-based Divine Productions goes out of its way to promote products that clearly offend and mock Christianity and the Catholic Church. Through its website,...
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by James L. Lambert
February 28, 2006
ChristiansUnite.com) - - In what is further evidence of the porn industry's disdain of Christianity, an Internet-based sex toy company has begun selling items modeled after religious icons.
Web-based Divine Productions goes out of its way to promote products that clearly offend and mock Christianity and the Catholic Church. Through its website,...
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corriander:
I am sure you will have more opportunities to hang out with me sans tequila goggles. I seem to have a pretty good reason to frequent that place . . . 
jaime:
I love it!
It was great to meet you as well. Keep in touch!
It was great to meet you as well. Keep in touch!
once again, using simple logic, nagarjuna skillfully and effortlessly frustrates the thinking mind into utter nonsense.
Examination of Nirvana
If all this is empty,
Then there is no arising or passing away.
By the relinquishing or ceasing of what
Does one wish nirvana to arise?
If all this is nonempty,
Then there is no arising or passing away.
By the relinquishing or ceasing of what...
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Examination of Nirvana
If all this is empty,
Then there is no arising or passing away.
By the relinquishing or ceasing of what
Does one wish nirvana to arise?
If all this is nonempty,
Then there is no arising or passing away.
By the relinquishing or ceasing of what...
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tilespace:
I meant between the three of you, actually 
I have some time to decide and thank you for the suggestions!
I have some time to decide and thank you for the suggestions!
magneticflux:
But, but, but... the law of the exluded middle?!