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wade3shaqchamps asked:


over the country with the millitary there? cant the military stop him?

bettys1950 asked:


The deer are eating the roses off my rose bush. Help.

Oops, your account has been susp asked:


http://www.wdr.de/online/politik/cdu_kandidat/img/merkel_bedroeppelt.jpg

eew.
its not a bad pic, all of her pics look like that. not that it matters because shes RICH.

Breonna Isabela asked:


The desire to drive a vehicle smoothly can simply not be matched. The joy of gliding through the roads without and hassle can simply not be matched. However, people have to ensure certain things to achieve this dream of theirs. One major thing that goes a long way in ensuring that one enjoys a cool ride is to opt for best quality suspension bushes. The role of suspension bushes in the smooth functioning of vehicles cannot be ruled out. They serve a variety of functions. To start of with they allow your car to have a better grip on the roads. Then they also allow constant steering geometry and invoke a positive steering response. It would also be worthwhile to mention here that suspension bushes also prove to be of immense use in increasing tyre life. They also allow self lubricating as well and minimize noise and vibration. Suspension bushes are also instrumental in stability and correction of wheels as well as giving the new feel to the vehicle.

Above description clearly states that what is the position of such utility object in vehicles. Anything that renders such yeomen service to a vehicle is bound to be extremely useful. Any compromise here would actually mean compromising on the efficiency of vehicles.

However, to gain from suspension bushes people would do well to take care of a few things. First and foremost they must ensure that suspension tubes are purchased after a thorough research. Then people should also ensure that they do not compromise on the quality of the product by opting for the cheaper ones. One must understand that momentarily one might end up saving some amount by opting for the inferior quality suspension bushes but in the long run they would be compromising on their vehicle big time.

Slight adherence to these points would ensure that suspension bushes go a long way in smooth functioning of your vehicles.

Chastity Fufkin, Polymer Records asked:


The Korean “Conflict” ended in a draw at best, since Korea is still split in half. Some people would regard that as a loss because half is communist. Vietnam was a clear loss–we got our butts kicked.
Don’t tell me the Cold War. that was a stalemate for the most part. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe imploded upon itself and more due to internal forces and people like Lech Walesa and the influence of the Pope. Last time I looked, Red China, North Korea and Vietnam were all still communist.

First Gulf War? Yeah, we moved that third world country back out of Kuwait but Saddam was still ruler for 10+ years after, and we may have suffered the 911 attacks partly because of our involvement in the Mideast and the hatred we engendered. And now? We are locked in a hopeless stalemate with fanatics that will never give up, and are really just creating more terrorism for ourselves. So by my count, World War II was the last real war we won. That’s not a good record.

jesswzmn asked:


Either you think the country is on the right path and that you support the policies of Bush, or you think the country is not on the right path and you think we need to go away from the policies of Bush?

Which do you support? McCain and Bush? or Obama?

david singer asked:


President Bush’s Road Map was publicly shredded by PLO Chairman and Palestinian Authority President - Mahmoud Abbas - in Ramallah this week. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was there when it happened.

Ms Rice was making all the right noises and uttering the usual buzzwords and trite phrases designed to impress everyone with the supposed progress of the negotiations.

“Trilaterals”, “bilaterals” ,”quantitative metrics”, “ the first really serious discussions on all of the core issues that have taken place between the parties for almost seven years” - were just a few choice terms that she managed to drop when answering questions from the assembled press corps.

However her optimism dissipated as President Abbas dropped the following bombshell at the joint media conference held with the Secretary of State:

“On this occasion we reiterate the need to stress that Gaza and the West Bank are one unified entity. And, therefore, we call up on Hamas to withdraw back from its coup and to accept immediately—and we are ready for that, to accept the calling for immediate Presidential and legislative elections and, therefore, we repeat our—what we mentioned earlier, that we are ready to go for early Presidential and legislative elections.”

President Abbas with these few carefully crafted words made it absolutely clear that:

1. Any new State must be established on the whole of the West Bank and Gaza

2. Any talk of dividing the West Bank between Israel and the Palestinian Authority or separating the West Bank from Gaza would not be acceptable

3. Hamas - a declared terrorist organization - would be permitted - after ending its coup - to take part in new elections which could lead to it ending up in control of the new State . This would allow it to then engage in - and continue to implement - its declared policy of trying to destroy Israel using an army and State apparatus set up, trained and financed with American and international aid.

Abbas in making his outrageous remarks was repudiating a cardinal tenet of President Bush’s Road Map which states:

“A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will only be achieved through an end to violence and terrorism, when the Palestinian people have a leadership acting decisively against terror and willing and able to build a practicing democracy based on tolerance and liberty,”

Israel - in accepting the Road Map - had its own ideas of what ending violence and terrorism meant and expressed it as follows in one of the 14 reservations it stipulated when accepting the Road Map:

“In the first phase of the plan and as a condition for progress to the second phase, the Palestinians will complete the dismantling of terrorist organizations (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front, the Democratic Front, Al-Aqsa Brigades and other apparatuses) and their infrastructure; collection of all illegal weapons and their transfer to a third party for the sake of being removed from the area and destroyed; cessation of weapons smuggling and weapons production inside the Palestinian Authority; activation of the full prevention apparatus and cessation of incitement.”

Abbas’s failure to dismantle Hamas and the other terror organisations prior to his ouster from Gaza has been the real obstacle to any new State ever having the remotest chance of being created. Whilst these terrorist organisations remain unexpurgated from Palestinian society any negotiations continue to be futile and offer no chance of success.

The Hamas coup in Gaza last year transformed President Abbas into a political eunuch. Yet he still managed to retain the confidence of the international community to progress President Bush’s Road Map to fruition. US$7.4 billion pledged to him in Paris at an international donors’ conference last year indicated the extent to which the international community was prepared to back Abbas.

Many of those donors are now also calling for Israel to negotiate with Hamas - having taken note of the meetings held by former US President Jimmy Carter with Hamas and the ostensible legitimacy that afforded to the terror organization.

In making his most recent comments President Abbas may have just finally tipped the scales enough to lose the support of President Bush and many others who saw him as the light at the end of the tunnel.

President Bush’s Road Map required the elimination - not the legitimisation - of terrorism if there was to be any successful outcome. Embracing terrorists rather than fighting them is the very antithesis of the Road Map provisions.

President Abbas’s remarks have effectively consigned the Road Map to the waste paper basket and ensured the end of any hope of a new Arab State being created between Israel and Jordan.

Ms Rice stood by silently as President Abbas rammed his message home. Hopefully she delivered a stern rebuke to President Abbas in the confines of their private discussions. However the damage has been done and President Abbas will now find it exceedingly difficult to retract his comments. He certainly has indicated he is prepared to embrace - not dismantle - Hamas if the coup is ended in Gaza.

The Executive Council of the PLO was quick to endorse the Abbas remarks just one day later.

To the eternal shame of the press corps gathered there, not one question was put to either Ms Rice or President Abbas as to the impact his ground breaking statement would have on the current negotiations. The reporters present were too busy trotting out the tired old questions on roadblocks and settlements to even comprehend the enormity of President Abbas’s remarks.

President Abbas in those few words once again demonstrated the inability of the Arabs to understand that negotiations mean compromise - not intransigence. The body blow he delivered to the successful implementation of the Road Map is lethal.

Certainly his remarks were the last thing Ms Rice - and President Bush - would have wanted to hear.

Groshan Fabiola asked:


Sophie Bush, one time better half of her One Tree Hill co-star, Chad Michael Murray, may have a new man in her life. People Magazine reports that Bush has been spotted with Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Tony Romo, formerly also linked to American Idol champion, Carrie Underwood.

Romo and Bush had reportedly been visible together in Texas , making the rounds of several events and haunts late last month.

Although there has been no formal confirmation regarding the pairing, the two were said to be seen cozy in each other’s company for about a week. They hung out with a few of Romo’s teammates on the Dallas Cowboys squad at N9Ne Steakhouse, where patrons were said to have witnessed the One Tree Hill star and the football player getting physically friendly. They were said to have even engaged in some petting and belly to back hugging.

The day after the N9Ne Steakhouse spotting, Bush and Romo were at Dallas Cowboys’ cornerback, Terence Newman’s residence, to sample the new video game, Guitar Hero III. Although Bush did not personally take part in the game, she was said to have kept her eyes on Romo while he gave Guitar Hero III a whirl.

Representatives for both the One Tree Hill actress and the Cowboys quarterback have declined to issue any statement or comment regarding the rumored relationship.

Prior to his alleged romance with Bush, Romo had constantly been sighted and photographed in the company of American Idol’s Carrie Underwood. Despite several occasions together however, Romo regularly dismissed reports that they were an item. Eventually, Romo apparently ended their so-called relationship, citing the rigorous schedule of the football season and telling the Grammy-winning Underwood that he wanted a time out.

It remains to be seen whether Bush and Romo will have better luck this time in the romance department, than they’ve had with their previous celebrity partners.

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Eric Castro asked:


Papallacta thermal hot springs, inside Cayambe Coca national park and near to Antisana volcano

Papallacta is a small and rustic village located over 3.300 meters above sea level (10.800 feet), on the 65th KM (40 th Miles) at the eastern side of Quito, in a humid montane forest, on the road which leads into the Ecuador Amazon Rain Forest; it only takes 2 hours to get there. It is surrounded by beautiful landscapes and the majestic Antisana.

The most important touristic attraction of Papallacta is its thermals, the best hot springs of Ecuador, with temperatures at their origins from 30 to 70 ?C (86 and 157 ?F). These waters have been put into pools, where the temperature fluctuates between 36 and 42 ?C (97 and 108 ?F).

First the feet, then the legs to the knees, then the torso… Thus gradually, the visitors of the thermal springs of Papallacta submerge in pools. The reason for this ritual is that to the thermal water is attributed the power to alleviate illnesses such as arthritis, acne, digestive problems or bad circulation.

There is a therapy followed by most people who visit Termas de Papallacta hot springs, they submerge into the pools of very hot water and next to it into the freezing waters of the river that comes right from the mountain.

This therapy is recommended for people who suffer of kidneys problems. Besides a source of health, Papallacta springs are a restorative experience, where your mind and body can get away from it all, while you enjoy of a wonderful view of the snow - covered summit of Antisana (5.700 meters above sea level / 18.700 feet), one of the good motives to visit Papallacta. A walk in the p?ramo, or bird watching can follow the hot baths.

Metropolitan Touring offers you programs that take you to this wonderful place, where you can find health, recreation and relaxation in an environment of great beauty…

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Evander Klum asked:

A fully functioning strut is necessary for any vehicle. One’s driving is incomplete and unpleasant if the vehicle has a problematic strut. Although some neglect the maintenance of this integral vehicle element, the Swedish car maker Volvo pays ample attention to the quality struts installed in its vehicles. Together with the Volvo strut mount bushings, these suspension elements keep car handling manageable.

Struts are designed to keep tires on the road. They are also tasked to control the action as the spring resist bumps when hitting humps and driving through potholes. They are usually located in front of a vehicle, unlike the shocks which are placed at the rear. Struts pull a hydraulic fluid through the valves in the piston as it moves up and down. Only a little amount of fluid can be forced through the valves, which then creates resistance to the vehicle’s movement. This allows the driver to easily maneuver the vehicle in any type of road. Meanwhile, located on the top of the strut assemblies are rubber-made strut mounts used to provide a pivot point and mounting location for the struts. They have strut bearing in the center that allows the strut to turn right and left with the steering. Mostly used on vehicles equipped with Mac Pherson type struts, they are typically found on smaller compact cars.

At this point comes the functionality of the Volvo strut mount bushings, which reduce friction and wear by constricting and restraining the motion of the strut mounts. They also serve as the link of different moving arms and pivot points to the chassis and other suspension parts. To diminish vibration, wear, and noise transfer, they are built of flexible material like rubber or polyurethane. Aside from taking the form of an annular cylinder made of flexible material inside a metallic casing or outer tube, they also contain an internal crush tube for the bushing. This is to safeguard the Volvo strut mount bushing from any damage which fixings securing it on to a threaded spigot may cause.

All suspension components should be regularly maintained to get lasting quality performance. It should always be remembered that worn out Volvo strut mount bushings can make steering hard, erratic, and noisy, thus negating the cabin comfort that the Volvo suspension provides. More so, it can put the lives of the driver and his passengers at great risk. To prevent the worst scenario, it is best that suspension components be taken care of by a professional.