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Several years have passed since the outbreak of the US-Afghanistan war. The declaration of war against this troubled nation, considered the source and hub of terrorist attacks, left a deep mark. In the postwar period, a significant number of soldiers sacrificed their lives in pursuit of victory.

Recalling the onset of the war, which was met with opposition from millions of peace advocates, we remember the strong sentiment against war. Demonstrations took place, with individuals wearing anti-war T-shirts and silicone wristbands, parading on the streets. Rubber bracelets bore messages like “PEACE, NO WAR,” while many shirts were dyed scarlet to symbolize the brutality and violence of regional conflict. Even news reporters wore lanyards with these messages during various news conferences.

In this context, we must acknowledge the continuous emergence of contentious issues regarding whether more troops should be sent to this region. On one hand, we’ve dedicated an immense amount of time, energy, wealth, and lives to what is termed as peace-friendly combat worldwide. On the other hand, doubts arise about whether we should be so selfless, especially at the cost of numerous innocent lives within our nation.

More recently, Kai Eide, the top envoy for Afghanistan from the United Nations, expressed agreement that additional troops should be deployed to the country, aligning with the views of top U.S. and NATO commanders.

In response to this call, President Obama voiced his concerns. He hoped for a more effective strategy focused on dismantling the terrorist network. The policy of bolstering security at the expense of our own peace has reignited intense discussions within the U.S. and among NATO allies.

 

Boston Celtics settled successfully as a home team for the last two years since they got Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen on hands. However, Celtics nearly missed the chance to either win or even tie their Friday November 19 game when Oklahoma City Thunder gifted Celtics 89-84 their first home loss of the season. Celtics had a chance to win this game when Thunder was playing without Kevin Durant, who led Thunders to wind up their current regular season with 50 wins and earned the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. C’s Friday game winning chances were bright when they forced Thunders to miss their 12 final field goal shots, however the well-known defense of the Celtics did not come up to help, especially in the first half of the game. Kevin Garnett scored the highest 16 points for the Celtics. Boston Celtic has already won 3 in a row and eight of nine this season and that put the Celtics on this season’s highest than ever average 5.4 rating on the Boston’s local cable TV.

The Friday loss of Boston Celtics dimmed the joys of the news that broke out on November 17th that former legend Celtics captain Bill Russell was named as the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Boston Celtics, 17 times NBA Championship winner also stands at number 9 in the top 10 list of the most dominant, greatest, teams in NBA history. Celtics will play their next two back-to-back games against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday afternoon and on Monday night against Atlanta Hawks. The Sunday game will be the Paul’s 896th game with Boston.

Boston Celtics might play both the games without their center Jermaine O’Neal who is out of the court due to an ongoing left knee injury. Buying your Boston Celtics Tickets guarantees you’ll get the best seats available within in any stadium or arena . Boston Celtics also went into partnership with the leading integrated media intelligence solutions provider, VMS to provide media monitoring and analytics services to the Celtics.

By going into this agreement Celtics would have access to VMS’s media monitoring platform to track information about their organizations from various sources including broadcast, print, radio, or social media such as blogs, Twitter and Facebook. The winter holiday season is about to begin and the Boston Celtics dancers have collaborated with the Boston Sports Clubs free dancing classes to both women and men. Boston Celtics is scheduled to play a premium game against Chicago Bulls on Saturday, January 8, 2011. This would be a limited seated game to establish Eastern Conference supremacy.

 

The 1968 season in NCAA Men’s Basketball would be an exciting one. While it was exciting, there was definitely one team that would be the favorite over all of the other teams in the nation. The UCLA Bruins had won the NCAA tournament to win the National Championship the previous year. They had also already won other titles during the 1960s and many people assumed that they would just come back and win again. Some people felt like UCLA could not be beaten. While this was said, most people didn’t understand just how unbeatable UCLA would be for years to come. This year UCLA would be led by the coach John Wooden and the famous Lew Alcindor.

While Lew Alcindor is famous, he is not nearly as famous under the name Lew Alcindor as he is under the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar would go on to become one of the best NBA players of all time. He scored more points than any other player in the history of the game. His dominance started in the NCAA under the direction of Wooden. UCLA cruised through the season and managed to find their way to the top of the nation previous to the tournament. There would be 23 teams that would be invited to the tournament. These 23 teams would participate in single elimination play to determine the National Champions. The teams that played were Boston College, Columbia, Davidson, La Salle, North Carolina, St. Bonaventure, St. John’s, Bowling Green, East Tennessee State, Florida State, Kentucky, Marquette, Ohio State, Houston, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola, TCU, New Mexico, Santa Clara, Weber State and of course UCLA. There were a few teams that stood out from the rest of the competition.

One of the teams was North Carolina. They were positioned in the East Regions. They managed to put away St. Bonaventure and Davidson en route to qualifying for the Final Four. The teams that stood out in the Mideast division were Ohio State and Kentucky. Each of them beat their opponents and squared off to see who would go on to the Final Four. The game between these teams was one of the best games in the tournament. The final score was 82-81 in favor of Ohio State. The Midwest Region was dominated by Houston. They managed to beat TCU by 35 points in the game to determine who would go to the Final Four. Many people felt like Houston would be the greatest challenge for UCLA in the tournament. UCLA would win the West Region by beating New Mexico State and Santa Clara.

North Carolina and Ohio State faced off in the games between the teams from the Eastern regions. North Carolina was just too good for Ohio State and won the game by 14 points. In the game between the teams in the Western regions UCLA was dominant. They pounded Houston 101-69 and advanced to the Finals to take on North Carolina. UCLA was just too much for North Carolina, winning by 23 points in the National Championship Game. Lew Alcindor would be named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

For the past couple of weeks, a corporate secretary has been working in the office because our former secretary decided to call it quits. She wasn’t satisfied with her job and wanted to have something more meaningful. We were in a hurry to find someone who could take her place, so the boss gave me the task of finding a secretary that would be able to fill her shoes on a short notice. I didn’t think that it would be an easy task to do, but I was able to do it by looking at some websites that specialize in secretaries for corporations.

So far, things have been working out well with the secretary. All of the work that the old secretary was able to do, the new secretary has been able to pull off without a hitch. It’s a good thing that she was able to keep the work going so well, because we had some important clients that we needed to do business for, and the secretary was key in making sure that we had all of the information we needed to meet their needs. We don’t often get clients of that magnitude, so when we do, we like to put our best foot forward.

None of us have any idea where the old secretary is working now. She cut off contact with everyone who works in the office. We all thought that she was our friend, but I guess she was just tolerating us until she was finally able to break free from the job. It’s a shame that sometimes people don’t connect with their job and will burn bridges with the people that they’ve met, but I guess that’s just the way some people are. As long as the new secretary stays with us, we should be fine.

 

With 23 second-half points the Hornet’s point guard led his team to victory and now the series is tied to two. Controlling the paint was going to be the key factor to win game four in the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Hornets, which had the defending champions on the lead 2-1. Playing at home and with the support of their people, Sunday night was a great opportunity for the Hornets to square the series at two games apiece. Chris Paul and company were going to make it happen.

With 27 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds for his first triple double of the season, Chris Paul was simply unstoppable for the Lakers that still can’t find an antidote for the cause of their headaches. Not even their franchise player Kobe Bryant was capable or outshining the Hornets’ top performer, and LA’s No. 24 had nothing but praises towards him at the end of the game, stating that: “you’re dealing with one of the best point guards in this game.” Paul’s 23 second-half points were crucial for the Hornets’ 88-93 victory over Los Angeles, a performance that perfectly backs up Bryant’s comment about him.

He saved the best for last after a very discrete first half, accounting for 58% of New Orleans’ points in the decisive fourth quarter, which also included aborting a shot to assist Jarrett Jack with 9.3 seconds to go to put things 90-86. That decision of aborting the shot was a great sign of Paul’s comradeship, a virtue that many Lakers accuse Bryant of lacking, as he usually takes all the decisive shots despite having teammates open to take those shots, and him not being in the best position to do so.

Questioned about his decision to abort that shot, Paul was brief and concise in his response as he explained that: “I was about to take one of the worst shots I’d taken all game,” and saw Jack better positioned. It was definitely a bad night for Bryant, as he not only lost his second of four showdowns against Paul, but also finished the game with an injured left ankle that forced him to leave the New Orleans Arena in crutches. His 17 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds were insufficient to guide his team to a victory that would have left them in a pretty favorable situation: a 3-1 lead with game five to be disputed on Tuesday 26 at home, where everything could have been decided on their favor.

Despite this and having missed a 3-point attempt with two minutes to go which could have evened the score to 83, Bryant wasn’t the only player responsible for the defeat. Like we said earlier, controlling the paint was the key for winning this game. And here is where the Lakers failed, in great part due to the low performances from players like Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol that together reported just 13 rebounds, in contrast with Paul, who had the same number of rebounds all by himself. The Lakers have two great problems to face now: number one is stopping Paul of course, and number two is having more presence in the paint. If they manage to solve these problems they shouldn’t experience no more counteracts in the series, but it they fail to do so the underdog might end up upsetting the defending champions with an early elimination from the 2011 NBA Playoffs.

My uncle got out of a divorce with his wife of two years. She was a young woman who looked too young for him to be dating, but he didn’t care. He just wanted an attractive woman to spend his time with at night. Things would have gone well if not for the fact that his wife cheated on him with someone a little older. I guess she had a preference for older men, much like how he had a preference for younger women. I got him one of those Salt Lake City escorts to help him get over his wife.

Since my uncle had a penchant for young women, I found an escort that was similar in age to the woman that he married. When I told him that I had gotten him an escort, he didn’t really want to meet her because he was too busy thinking about the wife who cheated on him. He wasn’t really in the mood to spend time with any women, but I was able to convince him that it would be a good thing to get out of the house and have some fun with a young woman.

Finally my uncle decided to go out with the escort, and he left that evening and didn’t come back until the next morning. When I asked him to give some details about what happened on his evening with the escort, he was pretty tight lipped about the ordeal. He was only able to tell me that he was glad that I got the escort and wanted me to do it again. It was good to see that he enjoyed his time with her, but my curiosity about their night was eating me up inside. I’d ask the escort for details, but I doubt she would give them to me.