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Reflections of a Business-Driven Life: Starting from the 2004 model year, a "Smart Key" option is available to the Toyota Prius and some Lexus models. The key fob uses an active RFID circuit which allow the car to acknowledge the key's presence within 3 feet of the sensor. (via Cosmos)

The Daily ACK: During boarding, the code on the pass is then checked against the actual fingerprint to identify the passenger...I don't understand the move towards biometrics, and I strenuously object to the use of RFID chips, especially when linked with biometrics. However, Lufthansa's approach here seems sound, if only we could be guaranteed that our encrypted fingerprints wouldn't be stored, cross-referenced and checked against any number of other databases. (via Cosmos)

 [Littlegreenfootballs.com] lgf: may the cannibals be cursed!: Arafat has already rejected the U.S. proposal to fire two officials: Intelligence Chief Tawfiq Tirawi, and Muhammad Dahlan's deputy in the Gaza forces, Rashid Abu Shabak. On the contrary: The latter will now head the forces, replacing Dahlan who will become a close Arafat aide.

[Paarmann.info] Thinking-East Weblog (Beta): SCHWARTZ Archives: Ozcelik forgets to mention the nationalist revolution in Iran during 1955 or the ongoing student and reformist movements in that country today, as well as the Republican Brothers movement in the Sudan during the 1960s and 70s, the Revolutionary Afghan Women’s Association (RAWA) which struggled against the Taleban regime in Afghanistan during the 1990s, and recent pro-democracy demonstrations in Saudi Arabia which are beginning to coalesce into a semi-underground reform movement. Finally, the prophet Muhammad himself used Nonviolence, both in the early days of Islam as well as in the Hudaibiya Agreement.[6]

[Think-israel.org] Think-Israel: Ibrahim al-Hafi, Ibrahim Musalam, Ahmad Jubara (Abu al-Sukkar),Ahmad Haless (Abu Maher), Ahmad Fares, As'ad Odeh, Amin Maqboul,Buthayna Duqmaq, Jad Ishaq, Jamal Dar'awi, Jamal Zaqout, Jamil Rushdi,Jihad Abu Zuneid, George Hazboun, Hassan Dweik, Hanan Ashrawi, HakamTaleb Thiab, Haidar Awadallah, Khader Ayesh, Khalil al-Ateeri, DimitriDilyani, Rihab al-Isawi, Radwan al-Sameri, Riyad al-Malki, ZahirahKamal, Ziad Hamouri, Suri Nuseibeh, Said Zidani, Salman Jadallah,Sameer Shihadah, Siham Thabet, Suhail Salim Abdel Fatah Salman, ShaherSa'd, Shafiq Zeidieh, Shukri al-Radaydeh, Salah Hikmat al-Masri, AbbasZaki, Aballah Hijazi, Abdallah al-Kiwani, Abdallah al-Atiri, AbdelFatah Hamayel, Abdel Qader Faisal al-Huseini, Arafat al-Hidmi, Azzamal-Ahmad, Izat al-Rasini, Ikrama Tabet, Imad Abu Kishk, Imad Awad, AliHasasneh, Anan Atiri, Ghazi Hananiah, Ghassan al-Harami, GhassanHananiah, Fathi Salim Yassin Abu Zeid, Fadel Tahboub, Fahed Abual-Haj, Cairo Arafat, Lusi Nuseibeh, Lily Feidy, Muhammd al-Rimawi,Muhammad al-Sha'bi, Mahmoud al-Aloul, Mahmoud al-labadi, Nasser Yunis,Nayef Sweitat, Nur Eldin Ibrahim Shehadeh, Hashem Abu Lafi, YasserAbed Rabbo, Yusef Harb, Yusef Aref.

[Blogforamerica.com] Blog for America: It is pretty easy to win when the media gleefully glosses over every failure, when the CEO of a popular purveyor of black block voting machines promises you re-election, when so-called men of gawd tell their flock to vote for you or go straight to hell, when men like John McCain gladly give up their integrity to campaign for you in return for future political considerations, when more people watch a single episode of Survivor than watch all of the debates combined, when CNN and MSNBC try to outfox Fox News, when a majority of Americans are cowards (easily "terrorized") or least gullible enough to believe that Shrub will keep them safe, when even the State of the Union message can contain proven outright lies but you never have to fear impeachment, when abortion is considered killing but dropping bombs on women and children is considered good entertainment, when you can preach abstinence without ever having practiced it yourself, when you can order the FBI to monitor antiwar protests under the guise of homeland security, and when you pretent to be a war hero without ever leaving the safety of your country club.

 [Antiwar.com] Electing to Abstain - by Nebojsa Malic: In his open letter to President Tadic and Prime Minister Kostunica, Patriarch Pavle asked why Serbs should vote when they aren't allowed to live, and taking part in the elections might actually hurt their security and human rights. When such questions were raised the last time around, the Church and the state nevertheless endorsed the vote;

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