If u have tears to shed, prepare to shed them now. "Shakspeare"
**** which one do the students mostly prefer, Rewards or Punishment???
**** Do u know how many different types of punishment do exist in the world?
**** Have u ever heard anything about corporal punishment?
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On October 10 680(Muharram 10, 61 AH), he and his small group of companions and family members, who were between 108 and 136 men of Husayn ibn Ali (the grandson of Muhammad). [16][17], fought with a large army of perhaps 4,000 men under the command of Umar ibn Sa'ad, son of the founder of Kufah. Husayn and all of his men were killed. The bodies of the dead, including that of Husayn, were then mutilated.[14]
Today, death of Hussein ibn Ali is commemorated during every Muharram, with the most important of these days being its tenth day, Ashura.
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Butts
| Definition: | Cigarettes, or the remains of cigarettes. |
| Example: | 1) Hey, do you have any butts? 2) Look at this mess! There are broken dishes, newspapers and butts all over the floor. |
| Etymology: | A 'butt' is the end or rear of something. In this slang word, the end of the cigarette refers both to the end of the cigarette and to the whole cigarette. |
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Pack Heat
| Definition: | To carry a gun. |
| Example: | 1) Be careful when you're out late at night -- you never know who might be packing heat. 2) You never had to tell Dirty Harry to pack heat - he was always carrying a .44 Magnum. |
| Etymology: | "Heater" is slang for a gun, and "pack" means 'a container' or 'to fold up' or 'to put away'. So when you "pack heat" you become a container for a gun - or put a gun on your body, in your clothes. |
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Uncle Sam
| Definition: | The U.S. government; a patriotic figure who symbolizes the United States. |
| Example: | 1) July 4th is Independence Day in the United States. Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam! 2) No matter how much money I make in a year, Uncle Sam always gets a big chunk of it. |
| Etymology: | During the War of 1812 between the United States and England, a man named Samuel Wilson provided supplies to the American troops. Wilson was known as 'Uncle Sam', and he stamped his supplies with 'US', which stood for both 'United States' and 'Uncle Sam'. Since then, 'Uncle Sam' has been a symbol for the country, especially in times of war. |
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Up your Sleeve
| Definition: | A hidden advantage; some form of trickery lying in wait. |
| Example: | 1) Be careful doing business with Tom -- he's always got something up his sleeve. |
| Etymology: |
This is one of many slang phrases derived from gambling. When a card player has 'an ace up his sleeve' he is hiding an extra card (usually a powerful one like an ace) in his shirt sleeve, waiting to use it to win a hand. Now the phrase refers to any kind of hidden strength or advantage.
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EATS
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Definition: |
Food, particularly simple, inexpensive food. |
| Example: | 1) I'm hungry. Let's get some eats! |
| Etymology: | You eat food. This slang term turns a verb into a noun. |
| Synonyms: | grub |
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Klutz
| Definition: | A clumsy person; an awkward or physically incompetent individual. |
| Example: | 1) I should never have let you hold my favorite vase - you are such a klutz! |
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From the Yiddish word 'klots', meaning 'blockhead' -- a stupid person.
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More Freak Weather Expected
TEHRAN, Jan 6--Iran on Sunday awoke to heavy overnight snowfall which forced schools to close, blocked major roadways and led to the cancellation of many domestic flights.
Primary and secondary schools were closed in Tehran and most cities in the north of the country, state television reported.
Tehranis faced serious transport disruptions while public transport including cabs and buses could hardly move in the snow-covered and frozen roads.
State airline Iran Air cancelled all of its morning domestic flights from Mehrabad airport, while roads in the northwest were closed to traffic.
International flights, which now run exclusively from Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) south of the capital, were delayed.
Tehran and several other cities in the north and center of the country are at altitudes of more than 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) above sea level and are regularly hit by heavy snow in the winters.
A spate of cold weather has already created problems in Iran with around a dozen towns suffering gas cuts last week because of a surge in demand and shortages compounded by a temporary cut in exports from Turkmenistan.
Authorities have urged the public to reduce their notoriously profligate consumption of gas to ensure there are no further cuts amid plunging temperatures.
Officials at the state Meteorological Center said that snowfall and sharp decline in temperatures would continue in the coming days.
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Wuss
| Definition: | A coward; an ineffectual, timid person. |
| Example: | 1) Don't be a wuss, Stephan. It's just a little spider! 2) You're afraid of the dark? What are you, some kind of wuss? |
| Etymology: | This word has been popular with teenage boys since the 1960's. |
| Synonyms: | wimp, sissy |
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday alleged that
"The recent developments have reconfirmed our fears that the U.S. wants to convert India into its subordinate ally in South Asia even before the nuclear deal has been signed,” CPI-M politburo member Sitaram Yechury told reporters in the parliament.
“This is a very ominous development,” he said.
Yechury pointed out that
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday by an attacker who shot her after a campaign rally and then blew himself
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Shabe Yaldā (Persian: یلدا) or Shabe Chelle (Persian: شب چله) is an Iranian festival originally celebrated on the Northern Hemisphere's longest night of the year, that is, on the eve of the Winter Solstice.
Following the Iranian calendar reform of 1925, which pegged some seasonal events to specific days of the calendar, Yalda came to be celebrated on the 1st day of the 10th month (Dey). Subject to seasonal drift, this day may fall a day before or a day after the actual Winter Solstice.
The word Yalda derives from a Syriac term signifying "birth." A Winter Solstice festival - Shab-e Chelle - had already been celebrated throughout the Iranian world even prior to the introduction of the word Yalda during the early Sassanid Era. Like all other festivals tied to the solar calendar, Shabe Chelle has its roots in the close contacts between Chaldea/Babylonia and Iran during the late Achaemenid period.
The process by which the term Yalda entered the Persian language is not conclusively established, but is probably attributable to Syriac Christians who received protection from the Sassanid monarchs. While these Christians that brought Yalda to Iran presumably associated the festival with the birth of Christ, the proximity of December 25th to the day of the Winter Solstice (December 21st or 22nd) eventually led to the two festivals being conflated and celebrated as one.
Contrary to some expectations, Yalda is neither etymologically nor culturally related to Yule or Yuletide, even though that festival is also originally a mid-winter event. Nothwithstanding that, as in Iran also, evergreen trees everywhere symbolize the continuity of nature, Yule has its origins in Saxon/Norse culture and was originally a lunar calendar event.
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