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Why don’t Microsoft allow customisation in IE?

I use Firefox for the majority of surfing, but am forced to keep IE for updates and opening e-mail attachments, etc. I actually don’t mind IE7 - aside from the fact it’s slower than Firefox - but my main issue is the lack of customisation available. For example, Firefox allows add-ons and themes, and you can effectively change the whole appearance of it.

So why don’t Microsoft allow this in their browser? Does anyone know why they’re so behind the times on this?

By: xbabe82517



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I will be in my late 40’s when I apply to graduate school. Should I be concerned about applying at this age?

I am concerned about being turned down because of my age. What can I do to increase my chances at an Ivy League graduate school?

By: radbourn12



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Has anyone tried Wellness Core or Merrick Before Grain dry cat food?

My 6 month old kittens’ main diet is a rotation of canned cat food but he does get a little bit of dry food as well. He currently has been on Halo and is doing well on it but seems to be losing interest, has anyone tried the Merrick BG or Wellness Core?

By: Steph



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Beowulf as a hero, versus modern heroes?

In English class I have to compare the type of hero Beowulf represents to the modern image of a hero (using someone like Martin Luther King as an example). I’m just looking for three main points to talk about.

I know one of the main points will be the difference in tactics (Beowulf uses force, MLK used non-violent methods). But if someone has an idea for another two ideas it would be appreciated.

By: Philly Iggles



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What is the best suburb for growing families in the San Francisco Area?

My fiance and I are considering moving to the San Francisco Area from Boston, MA after we get married. I would like to know where the best place to raise children is (best schools, low crime, welcoming people, etc.).
We are also an *********** couple (I am Irish/Italian and my fiance is Frech Canadian/Haitian) and I would like to expose my children to both races so I would prefer to be in a diverse area. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you for all of the great responses. To give you some more information, I currently own a home in one of the nicest suburbs of Boston that is valued at $850,000 (which is not bad for our trying economy). I have other real estate investments as well so I would be interested in the best area possible and something that will appreciate. Price comes second to schools and safety for me.

Thanks for the feedback!

By: jennicel7



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Can you spare 3 minutes to READ this?

An American Thing from a Freind to You!
15 Sep 2006 17:38:42 -0600 When WW III Started **** 1979

This is not very long, but very informative. You have to read the catalog ue of events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, disregard the Nuke problems with North Korea and Iran, sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother us again. In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979… that alarm has been ringing for years.

US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this action is so necessary.

AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP! That’s what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (when more than 3,000 Americans were killed) and maybe it was, but I think it should have been “Get Out of Bed !” In fact, I think the alarm clock has been buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then. It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked and seize d the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world’s most powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this sovereign U. S. embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 25 years.

America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience and had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then-President Carter had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America’s inability to deal with terrorism.

America’s military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was doomed from the start.

Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued.

In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven into the US Embassy compound in Beirut When it explodes, it kills 63 people. The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.

Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden down with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.

Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives is driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continue s her slumber.

The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.

Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.

Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually attacked.

Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, is hijacked and we watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list and executed.

The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when they bomb TWA F light 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in1988 , killing 259.

Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still trying to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.

The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.

The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January 1993, two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are arrested after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again.

Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.

A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35 yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys the Khobar Towers, a US A ir Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that America does not respond decisively.

They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.. These attacks were planned with precision. They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back to sleep.

The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12 October 2000, when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.

And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans think this was the first attack against US soil or in America. How wrong they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.

In the news lately we hav e seen lots of finger pointing from every high officials in government over what they knew and what they didn’t know. But if you’ve read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see exactly what they knew. You don’t have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since 1979.

I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will continue until we as a people decide enough is enough. America needs to “Get out of Bed” and act decisively now. America has been changed forever.. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said “… it seems all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant.” This is the message we need to disseminate to terrorists around the world. This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election year - this is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years to come.
Whats a matter Can’t handle the Truth?

By: American Girl



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does anybody know what the 3 border rivers for Georgia are?

i need it for my SS project. please and thank you

By: sassys



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What movie is mainly about Apache helicopters fighting in a war?

at the end, a squadron goes off to fight. At one scene, the good guy in an Apache hovers below a cliff, just as the enemy flies over him and in front of him, enabling him to shoot him down. It takes place in a desert? and i think the main character was the guy from backdraft. the younger brother

By: dvinity421



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what does a spacecraft launching facility require?

what kind of weather/climate, vegetation, landform area and population?
plz help

By: jaja j



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what can be our main idea for our collage? the theme is “many dialects, strong country”?

its for school please help me

and we cut like pictures of different tribes of our country and different places in the pohilippines and sceneries.

please help me. thanks! ^_^
btw thats philippines.. lol

and yeah its for the philippines

i already cut a face picture of their national hero. all i need is an idea of how to make the collage,, like should there be a philippine flag too.. things like that
what’s ilustrado?????? wahahaha

By: butidigress



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