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2006: American deaths in Iraq 
101 the number of U.S. service members killed in a bloody October, the fourth deadliest month of the war. At least 2,814 American forces have died since the war began in March 2003. [other sources put the number at over 3,200]

These are soldiers’ coffins, draped in American flags — dead [...]

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I came to school sick yesterday, and that wasn’t a brilliant idea. I feel worse today. There’s a very good (very bad) chance I won’t be in today.
Friday people should come by the office on Monday to pick up the new Government text book.
 
I don’t know what I’ve got, but I’ve turned green and grown horns — and [...]

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We’re in the process of dropping four students (maybe five) from Lighthouse. That’s sad, because whenever someone is accepted into the program, the hope is they will be successful.
 The reason for all 4/5 of them is that they don’t show up and/or they don’t stay current on their work. (Plus a cheating issue for one [...]

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If you use Internet Explorer — the browser that probably came with your computer — get the FREE download of the NEW Internet Explorer 7.
It’s better than the old ones in many ways, but most important is that it has tabbed browsing so that you can easily have several windows (for example, my blog, your [...]

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SPIN in the NEWS!
NAOMI STRIKES AGAIN (again)!
  
Supermodel Naomi Cambell has struck again! This time a spokesperson for the supermodel said he believed there had been a “misunderstanding“.
THE STORY: “The supermodel was arrested at her London home after her therapist walked into a police station with her face covered in scratches and claimed Cambell had assaulted her.”
THE SPIN: [...]

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See the big green spidery-looking diagram below on WEEK EIGHT?
Check it out — and  then add a comment. Read what others have said, respond to their messages, ask questions, put your ideas out there. Then check back and stay involved in the discussion — add more, see what answers and observations others have contributed.
If we [...]

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  NO SCHOOL — MONDAY, 10/23

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WHAT is THIS???
If you just found this diagram on a piece of paper, how would you begin to make sense of it?
What words and lables do you see that already make sense to you?
Do the lines and connections give you any clues?
What words do you already know? And which ones would you have to look [...]

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Here are two news stories to compare:
Vice President Cheney says: Situation in Iraq is going “remarkably well” 
Think Progress  |  October 17, 2006 04:51 PM
Rush Limbaugh interviewed Vice President Cheney on his show today. At one point, Limbaugh asked Cheney to respond to growing frustration over U.S. efforts in Iraq.
Cheney acknowledged there is a “natural level [...]

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The function of education
is to teach one to think critically…
Intelligence plus character –
that is the goal of true education.” 

– who said this?

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