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...Phoenix, she was walking with a needy vegetarian who looks like 'the Carradine boy from Kung Fu.' The duo stumble upon a dead fox in the road. His body is still warm. The vegetarian drags the carcass under a tree. Granny D. waxes philosophical, saying, 'If you are afraid of death, you are afraid of life, for living your life leads to death. Until you face death and see its beauty, you will be afraid to really live - you will never properly burn the candle for fear...
...Because what we have is not a crisis of liquidity but rather a crisis of confidence. With tremendous excess reserves, it is obviously not the case that banks are not lending money because they do not have the money to loan. Instead, they are afraid that other institutions, including other banks, will not pay it back. The banks do not have confidence in each other. Businesses, too, are disinclined to borrow money and take risks. And consumers are not spending because they are afraid they could lose their jobs...
...absolutely crucial. They have to talk to their kids at every teachable opportunity. It can't just be one conversation, but repeated efforts. These have to include teaching kids to use condoms, which is something many are reluctant to do. Even parents who approve of premarital sex are still afraid that if they teach their kids to use condoms, it might be misconstrued as encouraging sex. And there's no basis for that...
...there are no independent newspapers or news organizations in Vietnam," she said. And while she can't return home and her former colleague remains in prison, stories of persecution like theirs stories are only fanning the flames of discontent - not stamping them out. "Right now the government is very afraid of the Internet," says Nguyen Thanh Trang. "The Internet is very powerful...
...movements along the border with Lebanon could be a "defensive measure," but warned that "the enemy, with Arab collaboration, the financial crisis and the transition period in the United States, might take advantage of the situation to launch an attack on Lebanon." He added: "We are not concerned nor afraid... We are ready to face any attack on our country." (See pictures from inside Hizballah...