March 31, 2007
Posted at: 11:38 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness, Tech and Web
ICANN decided that they were not going to allow the .xxx TLD (Top-Level Domain) for adult content. I feel that if they voted to accept the application they would be able to use it and gain many benefits. Businesses and Schools could just block one TLD instead of trying to block certain types of sites. If you try to block types based on words but you may be blocking sites that are legitimate sites. The .xxx top-level domain will create a clearly identifiable area of the Internet so that Internet users can be more informed when choosing to select or avoid adult entertainment sites.
What Are the Benefits of the .xxx TLD?
- For willing adult consumers of adult entertainment, the Best Business Practices incorporated into the .xxx registration agreement will bring a greater degree of confidence and certainty to their online experience.
- For adult entertainment providers, identifying themselves as compliant with a comprehensive set of Best Business Practices is expected to provide more predictable revenue streams, greater customer retention and fewer complaints as regulators and others will see adult entertainment providers take a proactive and responsible approach to their web presence.
- For individuals or families wishing to avoid adult content, the machine- readable labels will allow easy and reliable filtering.
- In addition, the introduction of .xxx creates a credible, self-regulated forum for all stakeholders to discuss and actively respond to concerns about online adult entertainment.
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March 30, 2007
Posted at: 11:58 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Sports and Leisure
Johnny Pesky!!! Johnny Pesky!!! It is amazing what an 87-year old man can do to boost the moral of a baseball team. Johnny Pesky, Mr. Red Sox, has been with the Sox for the past 57 years as a player, coach and manager. He is a Boston icon and loved by the fenway faithful.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona said the team was told by the commissioner’s officer it will enforce the rule that limits uniformed personnel in the dugout to players, managers, and six coaches. Francona said the Red Sox received a stern letter from baseball threatening substantial fines. “I sat down with him and talked with him about, and he was hurt,” Francona said. “I understand. But the rules are what they are.”
“I think his time has come,” Grady Little said. “When you get to the age of Johnny Pesky, his reaction time is not like it used to be, so you’re concerned with Johnny’s health — not only in the dugout during the game, but also during the workouts when he’s out on the field. It’s a tough situation, but I’m going to have to agree with Major League Baseball.”
I would have to disagree with the decision because this is no ordinary person, this is the legendary Johnny Pesky who had a foul line poll named after him. They can kick Johnny Pesky out of the dugout but they can’t take his spirit. Johnny, you will be missed in the dugout and your amazing attitude will always remain.
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March 30, 2007
Posted at: 1:26 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia
Week 6 (Day 40): Prayer
To Do Today
Examine your goals. Do they reflect your faith?
Today’s Prayer
Lord, have mercy on me, for I am condemned to death
on the day of my life-breath?s release,
while I implore on high with my eyes? pitiful gaze
fixed the perils ahead on that unavoidable journey,
with danger on all sides in my terrified imagination.
And while gazing at my cell?s ceiling where I will start
my outward journey, wretched and half dead with
a twisted face, with shaking fingers, muffled sighs,
failing cries, a thin voice, my grieving soul
shaken by a panoply of
doubts, I shall lament from the bottom of
my invisible soul the sins I have committed.
You are able, compassionate God, to perform a miracle
with your everlasting might saying,
?Be healed of your soul?s torment,?
or ?May your sins be forgiven,?
or ?Go in peace. You are cleansed of sin.?
And whatever I do not manage to say at that hour
receive from me today in your love for mankind,
O long-suffering, generous God, who gives life to all.
Today’s Scripture (Reading)
Isaiah 46:3 – 47:4
“Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from your birth, carried from the womb;
even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!
They lift it upon their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
“Remember this and consider, recall it to mind, you transgressors,
remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, `My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.
“Hearken to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance
I bring near my deliverance, it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.”
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chalde’ans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Take the millstones and grind meal, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.
Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no man.
Our Redeemer — the LORD of hosts is his name — is the Holy One of Israel.
Daily Prayer and Scripture taken from the Armenian Church website
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March 29, 2007
Posted at: 2:40 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Sports and Leisure
Obviously this isn’t real but it was a very good artistic drawing of Daisuke (Dice-K) Matsuzaka
“The most exciting moment of lunch with Daisuke Matsuzaka? That would have to have been when he became unusually animated while answering a question regarding the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry. His arms were flying around and we didn’t know what he was saying when suddenly his right forearm bumped hard into the wooden table in front of him. He winced. Only a little. He seemed to be OK.
And so we asked his interpreter, “What was he talking about?”
“He was talking about when Pedro MartÃnez threw Don Zimmer to the ground,” said translator Masa Hoshino.
- from Boston Dirt Dogs
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