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1 Meter = 3.2808399 Feet
Normally 3.29 meters equals to a feet. Meter basically is a calculation of length. It is the basic unit for length in the metric system and in the International System of Units (SI), applied all across the globe for common and scientific purposes.
In the past, the meter was explained by the French Academy of Sciences as 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the equator towards the North Pole through Paris. Currently it has been illustrated by the International Bureau of We
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I#39;m Not Surprised
Not Everything Lasts
Have Broken My Heart So Many Times,
I Stopped Keepin Track.
Talk Myself In
I Talk Myself Out
I Get All Worked Up
Then I Let Myself Down.
I Tried So Very Hard Not To Lose It
I Came Up With A Million Excuses
I Thought I Thought Of Every Possibility
And I Now Someday That It#39;ll All Turn Out
You#39;ll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out
And I Promise You Kid That I#39;ll Give So Much More Than I Get
I Just Haven#39;t Met You Yet
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Chris Matthews, on Monday’s "Hardball," threw out a couple of crazy comparisons as he likened the socially conservative Sarah Palin to shock jock Howard Stern and the rakish Bill Clinton to God. First up, in his "Hardball Sideshow" segment, Matthews claimed the reason the former Alaska governor was so popular on the lecture circuit is because, "just like Howard Stern the reason people will pay to hear her is that they have no idea what she’s gonna say next." However Matthews outdid himself, just a little later, as he declared listening to Clinton’s strategic advice for Democrats on passing health care reform was like hearing, "The Voice of God." [audio available here]
The following Matthews observations were made on the August 31, edition of "Hardball":
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Now for tonight’s "Big Number." Sarah Palin is no longer in elected office but people apparently still want to hear what she has to say. According to Politico how many speech requests is Sarah Palin fielding right now? Over 950 speech requests. I know it. I knew she was gonna do it. Say what you will, but just like Howard Stern the reason people will pay to hear her is that they have no idea what she’s gonna say next. Anyway a speech next month in Hong Kong to the Investors Forum. I’m betting there’s a lot more to come. About 1000 speaking requests, so far, already in, to hear the former governor of Alaska. Tonight’s "Big Number."
Then after a clip in which former President Bill Clinton urged the passage of health care reform, Matthews, on the August 31 edition of "Hardball," offered the highest of compliments:
MATTHEWS: Let’s take a look at the former President Bill Clinton who really knows what he’s talking about in politics, especially on this front, where he went through that Hell in ‘94. Here he is offering advice to the Left in saying this. Let’s listen.
BILL CLINTON: I’m just telling you we need to pass a bill. It needs to be the best bill we can possibly get through Congress. But doing nothing is not only the worst thing we can do for the economy, and the worst thing we can do for health care, it’s the worst thing we can do for the Democrats. And don’t you think the Republicans don’t know it.
MATTHEWS: That is the Voice of God sir, David Corn. That is the Voice of God because it’s the voice of truth
and experience. I completely buy what he said, completely. Because when you lose in politics you lose. And if you think you’re gonna get any credit from the center, or from the right, or any of the commentators from that part of the world, for losing, you’re crazy! The Democratic Left will be pounced on and blamed for defeat. So this idea you’re waiting for the perfect bill or you won’t go without the public option is suicidal.
Incidentally this isn’t the first time Matthews has spoken of the former president in religious tones, as back in February 28, 2007, he compared Clinton to Jesus.
MATTHEWS: When I watched him [former President Bill Clinton] at Mrs. King’s funeral, I just have never seen anything like it….There are times when he sounds like Jesus in the temple. I mean, amazing ability to transcend ethnicity — race, we call it, it’s really ethnicity — in this country and, and speak to us all in this amazingly primordial way.
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Carrie Prejean, the former Miss USA runnerup, has filed a lawsuit against the Miss California Organization claiming it discriminated against her religious beliefs thereby causing her emotional distress as well as financial loss.
According to FoxNews.com, Prejean "filed a complaint Monday morning in Los Angeles Superior Court against K2 Productions (the franchise that operates the Miss California Organization) as well as co-executive directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler and publicist Roger Neal."
The article continued (h/t Kevin McCullough):
"If Carrie had not answered the question in support of traditional marriage … she would most certainly still be Miss California,” Prejean’s attorney Charles S Limandri told Foxnews.com. “Over the past two months we have worked hard to provide overwhelming evidence that Carrie Prejean did not violate her contract with Miss California USA and did not deserve to have her title revoked by Keith Lewis. We will make the case that her title was taken from her solely because of her support of traditional marriage. She did not want to sue, but people need to know the truth.”
The suit alleges that Lewis’ assistant emailed Prejean before the Miss USA pageant with instructions not to reference God in her Miss USA applications. The suit also alleges that after her controversial answer at the national pageant in April, Lewis told Prejean’s mother that her daughter was not to attend the after-party (despite being first runner-up) as “too many people were angry with her.”
According to the suit, Prejean believes Lewis, Moakler and Neal joined gossip blogger Perez Hilton to create a “conspiracy to attack” that has caused her to suffer “emotional distress, anxiety, depression and loss of sleep.” As a consequence, the suit alleges, Prejean has been subject to “public ridicule, scorn and humiliation, lost earnings,” and has had to spend a great deal of money with stress-related medical expenses.
Prejean also claims Moakler and Lewis illegally disclosed private medical information when they allegedly leaked details of her breast augmentation surgery to the media.
It will be fascinating to see how the Prejean-hating media report this in the coming days.
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“I had to stand on my principle,” Abdul, 47, tells TV Guide. “I’m going to miss the experience of watching young talent evolve into a place where they get to take off and soar.”
The former Idol judge, who calls the show an “amazing experience,” says her decision wasn’t solely about a paycheck dispute. “I stand on principle where many people stand on money,” she says. “I’m a hard-working artist. I’ve lasted in this business for 23 years. And you can’t do that unless you are good at what you do.
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