HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pol30546@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Peder Larsen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Violence update 12.10.92
Date: 13 Oct 92 03:28:33 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

weberwu@inf.fu-berlin.de (Debora Weber-Wulff) writes:

>Potsdam (Brandenburg) 6 skins arrested after beating patrons at a
>billiard cafe with baseball bats.
		    ^^^^^^^^
    Baseball bats?  Really?  Are they available in Germany now?

>Frankfurt/Main (Hesse): Police arrested and mishandled a Marroco man.
>Only when he convinced police that he was indeed married to a German
>woman and that he had a job at the post office was he taken to a
>hospital. The police defended their treatment of the innocent man with
>the comment "80% of all drug dealers come from North Africa."

    This reminds me of what can happen when black people sometimes get
"caught" in a mostly white neighborhood in the US.  The police always
say that it is just routine, that they look suspicious.  What makes it
even more sad is that occasionally black people get arrested in their own
neighborhood - they don't have identification with them because they just
wanted to go for a walk, so the police sometimes bring them in.
From: carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Spracharroganz
Date: 8 Oct 92 07:52:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online / St. Louis Online - St. Louis, MO
Reply-To: carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca) 

HS>>>[Vorschlaege zur Neuregelung der Silbentrennung]
HS>>Akzeptabel, da die komplizierten Regeln ein Computer sowieso nicht alle
HS>>begreift.
HS>Das fehlt noch, das wir unser Sprache Computergerecht anpassen.

Vollste Zustimmung.

HS>Englisch kann jeder Depp, aber deutsch oder japanisch oder chinesisch?

Erstens gibt es genug Deppen, die deutsch sprechen (...)
Zweitens ist Englisch im Vokablereichtum unuebertroffen. Es erlaubt
vielleicht schneller eine oberflaechliche Kenntnis als Deutsch oder
Japanisch, aber es ist weit davon entfernt, simpel zu sein.

HS>>>Als dritte, von ihnen eindeutig bevorzugte
HS>>>Variante schlagen die Reformer vor, die Substantive wie in den anderen
HS>>>europaeischen Sprachen klein zu schreiben und nur bei Satzanfaengern und
HS>>>Eigennamen die Grossschreibung beizubehalten.
HS>>das duerfte m.schmeil gefallen :-(
HS>Warum etwas aendern? Dadurch entstehen nur unnoetige Mehrdeutigkeiten.
HS>Wenn m.schmeil es nicht schafft seine aeusseren Finger zur Shift-Taste zu
HS>bewegen, obwohl sie sich dort in der Naehe befinden muessten (,auch wenn er
HS>wie er sagt 2-4 Finger benutzt und diese weit von der Shift-Taste entfernt
HS>sind), dann ist das sein Problem. Er muss sich dann aber auch damit abfinden
HS>dass er mehrmals (zu Recht) auf diese Unart hingewiesen wird.

Hmmm. Die Vernunft sagt: Weg mit der Grossschreibung! Alle anderen
Sprachen haben ein simplifiziertes Grossschriebungssystem im Vergleich
zum Deutschen und verlieren nix.
Das Gefuehl sagt: WAS?!? Ich quaele mich 13 Jahre in der Schule ab, um
das System zu lernen (welches auch Vorteile hat), nur damit Andere nicht
den gleichen Aerger haben? :-)

HS>Have fun,
HS>        Holger.

Greetinx, Carl.

 * OLX 2.1 TD * Fer sell cheep:  IBM spel chekker.  Wurks grate.
From: seyyed@wuee1.wustl.edu (Seyyed Mahdavian)
Subject: Shahrokh's apology
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 01:04:09 GMT

In article <ldmpjtINNmbv@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> smortaz@handel.Eng.Sun.COM (Shahrokh Mortazavi) writes:

>ooooh!  have i made the emaam angry?  well hazrate seyed, i sincerely
>apologize from the very heart of my bottom :).

Since you are an Abelian group of junk, there is absolutely no difference
between your "heart of the bottom" and your "bottom of the heart".
Therefore your apology is accepted! And no problem! I know that you are 
very sincere and don't intend to make me angry. After all, you are a very 
good clown. If you keep working hard like this, you may even become
"sar dalghak". And best of all, it doesn't need brain! So you see, you
have all the qualifications! I will recommend you for this job, but I
don't promise anything.

Seyyed.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: fattee@seasva.gwu.edu (Fattemeh Philco)
Subject: man so-all daram
Originator: fattee@seas.gwu.edu
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:31:40 GMT


Man dota so-all daram.  Ejazeh hast keh in soal ro man as
soc.culture.iranian beporsam ?

khobe man feker konam chone in jaw amrica-yeh man ejazeh
daram.

so-all-h aval.
	chera mosalmona-yee iranee as bahaie-ha badeshoone meyad?

so-all-h dovome.
	Ageh yek zan iranie-h ghereh mosalmoon bekhad ozveh mojahedeen
besheh, bayad chador o roo-sary sar kooneh?

man faghat javabeh in dota so-all-ho mekham.

thanky you very much.

	
From: moussavi@hplred.HP.COM (Farshid Moussavi)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:37:15 GMT
Subject: Re: ali baba the tough guy
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
From: bashir@acsu.buffalo.edu (Noushin Bashir)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Ho Ho Ho, Santa Claus is here with a partial FAQ!!
Date: 9 Oct 92 12:52:56 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

In article <1992Oct8.210027.8902@EE.Stanford.EDU>
mack@isl.Stanford.EDU (mack) writes:

>included in the coming days (and weeks :-). Feel free to make comments
>and/or additions to it so I can include them in the future drafts.

Hi Siamak,

I would like to thank you for your efforts in putting together a FAQ
for soc.culture.iranian. I was just going to suggest that when it's
complete, you may want to post a copy of it to 'news.answers' for
others with an interest in Iranian issues. 

						Cheers for now,
						Noushin
					
-- 
I wake up scared, I wake up strange, I wake up wondering if anything
in my life is ever going to change. I wake up scared, I wake up
strange, and everything around me stays the same.
                                                         - Barenaked Ladies
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: B.MOHAJERIN@qut.EDU.AU (Babak Mohajerin)
Subject: Re: Please leave BAHA'IS out of this
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:32:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.205709.705@massey.ac.nz>, S.G.Abbas@massey.ac.nz
(S.G. Abbas) writes:
>
> I am afraid I do not agree with you. The reason is that I have seen and
> observed from my own eyes in the regime of Shah back in 1976-79, when
> the Iranian students were taking their courses in Pkaistanis
> universities. I observed that "one" of those students is very very well
> off than all others. It can happen to anyone ? But the indepth
> observation revealed that he is getting about 2.5 times more scholarship
> money than the other Iranians are getting. The reason was that "the
> special student" was not only a student but he was also an informer to
> "someone" about the activities of other Iranian students in the campus.
> Can you believe that all Iranians will either low their radio volume or
> turn it off once they will see that "the special student" is approaching
> towards their room. Because it was not allowed for Iranians to listen
> BBC News Service, as in those days as that was the only source for
> Iranian to know what is happening within Iran. This special student was
> a "Bhahai" and of course he never went back to Iran after graduation
> from University in 1980. He is now a Pakistani national and living in
> Quetta.
>
> So, please do not "confrim" that some organization/person is not
> involved in any activity. In these days, " big people" take work from
> you (anybody, not specifically Bhahai) and even you do not know that
> that are working for somebody. Their is a hidden hand who controls such
> activities.
>
> Ghazanfar Abbas

It is a strong Baha'i principle not to be involved in politics. Baha'is must
strictly avoid membership of any political parties and political activities.
However, instead of setting about to disprove the above eye witness
account, let me accept their validities for now. The person obviously
disregarded the 
strict Baha'i teachings in that respect and should have been immediately 
disassociated with by the Baha'is of Pakistan. BUT PLEASE ANSWER THIS:

The disregard of one single person is not a proof not even an indication
in itself, (maybe you were just jealous that he gets more scholarship and
because he was a Baha'i your mind automatically went to assume the worst)
I will give you an example-- if you are a She'it Muslim and is offended by
this example then you realize how I feel when you tell me your biased,
unverifiable eyewitness accounts--:
I have heard (although I have never seen myself) that there are a lot
of Muslim prostitutes in Tehran (in an area called New Town). Would the
existence of Muslim prostitutes defile the chastity and purity of 
Hazrati Fatemeh Zahra? What suggestion do you make if some one gives
you an eye witness story of the prostitutes in Tehran and goes as far
as suggesting something to the holiness of the daughter of the prophet
of Islam (PBUH)? What ever is your answer here same goes for the Baha'i
Faith. 

Babak Mohajerin

> New Zealand

Australia

--
From: assist@unocss.unomaha.edu ( )
Subject: Re: Khomainie's Tomb Exploded
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:42:42 GMT

slotfi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sherveen Lotfi) writes:
>In article <1992Oct11.205558.27701@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu> Asghar@me.eng.ohio-st
>ate.edu writes:
>>I am delighted to report that, according to Mojahedin, three
>>bombs were exploded inside Khomainie's tomb yesterday. It
>>seems the tomb and surroundings were heavily damaged. I do
>>not have the details yet.
>>
>>Mobarak,
>>
>>Asghar

>     i guess that's all good and well, but somebody please inform
>     those kind souls that killing already-dead-akhoonds isn't
>     gonna' get us anywhere. :)

>     -sherveen

Sherveen,

It is not really an attempt to kill an already dead akhound
but, at this present moment, such acts shows the level of
hatred towards the symbol of ugliness and filth in our country.

Khomeini, and now his corrupt akhounds, have no respect for
human rights and democratic values. They have brought much
misery, destruction, and bloodshed to our people. Showing
hatred and anger towards them is like showing hatred to all
symbols of ugliness. And what better symbol of abhorrent and
ugliness than Khomeini's tomb? If there was any better way
of showing your dissatisfaction, I'd vote for it, but with
akhounds, this is the most effective way. That's the only
way they understand it.

I called Iran; my relatives reacted as if another revolution
had taken place. That's how much ordinary people hate the
regime and its symbols.
From: liebgold@mott.seas.ucla.edu (Dan M. Liebgold)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Arabic keyboards
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:23:21 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles



Does anyone know a source of IBM-PC keyboards that also have the
arabic alphabet on the keys, or any related information?

thanks...

dl
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: amehdi@src.honeywell.com (Hossien Amehdi)
Subject: Re: Visiting Iran???
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:58:49 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.140534.11540@panix.com> miner@panix.com (Ed Miner) writes:
>Can anyone tell me besides a passport , if there are additional requirements,
>if any, to visit Iran. My mother is Iranian, however I was born here, and have
>an American father. I would very much like to visit Iran next year, and would
>like to know if I am able to.
>
>
>
>thanks
>ed

There may be two possible ways for you:

1) Try to obtain a visa from Iran's Interests section in D.C. on your U.S.
   passport, or,

2) Try to obtain an Iranian passport (if you don't have one) from the same 
   place.  However, if your are within a certain age group (don't know exactly,
   but I think >= 18 and <= 35) you would have to have military exemption or
   service in order to exit Iran.

- Hossien
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: mack@isl.Stanford.EDU (mack)
Subject: Re: Monty Hall Paradox (was Re: Physics-1A Question)
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 17:03:07 GMT

seyyed@wuee1.wustl.edu (Seyyed Mahdavian) writes:
>
>   [drivel by seyyed and the attempt to justify that his solution
>    is/was correct afterall, has been deleted to preserve bandwidth]

Nevermind learning probability. There are things far more important
for you to learn.

>p.s. Mack khAn, hAlA rAzi shodi? pass hAlA boro mahin-o bestoun tA oun ham
>     az to rAzi beshe.

What is it with the midwest weather? Such comments usually seem to
rise from that part of the country. No offense intended to other SCI
ahAly who reside in the midwest.

> And also please next time don't give "references".

The references are for interested and curious people (unlike you). You
don't have to go and read them if you don't want to.

>     ye kam az khodet mAye bezAr bebinim rofaghA dar stanford chand mardeh
>     hallAjand.

Come down for a visit and find out for yourself. Unlike you, we here
do not offer any "pass gardani". In fact, we will treat you to a
"chelokabAb e soltAni" and "pAloodeh shirAzi" if you ever decide to
visit as is case in point with a few other ahAly.

    --mack

--
She's closing her eyes, then she takes me away,
and she's pulling the strings, when she's playing with love.
She's playing with love.                       --Alphaville
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.arabic
From: seyyed@wuee1.wustl.edu (Seyyed Mahdavian)
Subject: naghmeye Aref ...
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 20:25:08 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.174301.2690@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> aref@Tehran.Stanford.EDU (Modda'iyeh har hAzer va Vakileh har ghAyeb) writes:

>				SeyyedA!
>
>be didAremAn biA,
>be didAremnAn biA-vo az vojoodeh garmo del-afroozat, 
>barkhordAremAn kon, SeyyedA!
>
>aftAbeh garmeh vojoodat va nooreh jAn-bakh-sheh konh-eh zAt-at rA,
>betAbAn bar mA, SeyyedA!
>
>bA Amadaneh khod be inja, 
>shabeh tArikeh zendegiyeh mArA be roozy roshan tabdil kon, SeyyedA!
>
>bA hozooreh khod, 
>zemestAneh sardo tArikeh mArA be bahAri por gol-o ghoncheh tabdil kon,
>SeyyedA!
>
>dar hozooreh to, golhAyeh shahreh mA, shokoofA shodeh, va be zanboorAn-eh
>asali shireyeh hayAt mibakh-shand, SeyyedA!
>
>setAreyeh AsemAneh tArikeh mA, bA tAbesheh "charismA"yeh to,
>monavvaro, derakh-shAn mishavad, SeyyedA!
>
>be didAremAn biA,
>be didAremAn biA,
>SeyydA!

be darde khodet mikhoreh! kisseye zar ke hich, hamoun pass-gardani ro ham
be to nemidam! na ghAfieh dAreh na vazn! she're no nagou, injour begou:

nAmat ey Arefe bi-del cho nehi zolf ali
                              dAne-i mouy narouyad be sarat chon kachali!
Aref AngAh bovad Arefe rowshan del-o jAn
                              ke dahAn chon begoshAyad besorAyad ghazali!

Seyyed.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
From: farhad@CS.Stanford.EDU (Farhad Shakeri)
Subject: Re: Gif files on PCs
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:21:51 GMT

Hossien AghA writes:
|> 
|> Anyone knows what type of software is needed to view gif files on PCs? 
|> 
|> Thanks
|> -Hossien

Sure there is a shareware program called svga for DOS
that you can get from  or ftp.cica.indiana.edu 

      pub/pc/win3/uploads/svga.zip  

also if you have norton desktop for windows then the viewer
can display gif but very slow!

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         +----------------------------------------------------+
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       /  Stanford   University     farhad@CS.Stanford.EDU  /
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     +----------------------------------------------------+
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From: farid@ender.sybase.com (Farid Nabavi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian,soc.culture.arabic,soc.rights.human,soc.culture.europe
Subject: Re: EP issues IMPORTAN resolution condemning suppresion of women
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:09:54 GMT

Just remember that a higher international body, namely UN, bombed the crap out of
your protector and guardian, Saddam HuSSein.
It seems Mojahedin, like all those opposition political groups during the Shah's
rein, are more of an issue for people outside the country, than the people inside
Iran.
And last but not least, internal affairs of Iran is a matter of Iranian people, and
has nothing to do with hostile foreign entities like Mojahedin.

FARId
  
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From: bavafa@netcom.com (Hooshyar Naraghi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Invitation
Date: 9 Oct 92 00:14:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Oct9.001426.13746
Organization: lunch@tehran

In article <1992Oct8.170307.1415@EE.Stanford.EDU> mack@isl.Stanford.EDU
(mack) writes:
>seyyed@wuee1.wustl.edu (Seyyed Mahdavian) writes:
>
>>     ye kam az khodet mAye bezAr bebinim rofaghA dar stanford chand mardeh
>>     hallAjand.
>
>Come down for a visit and find out for yourself. Unlike you, we here
>do not offer any "pass gardani". In fact, we will treat you to a
>"chelokabAb e soltAni" and "pAloodeh shirAzi" if you ever decide to
>visit as is case in point with a few other ahAly.
>
>    --mack

hAAAAAAA!  marhabA, mack!  May I extend your good-will act, and ask Seyyed
if he would give me the privilege of treating him to lunch and 'deser' next
time he joins us for Bay Area sci lunch?  What do you say, Seyyed?

Regards,
Hooshyar F. NAraghi
bavafa@netcom.com
(415) 322-8056
From: smortaz@handel.Eng.Sun.COM (Shahrokh Mortazavi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Physics-1A Question: Seyyed blunders AGAIN! special! special!
Date: 8 Oct 1992 01:23:15 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA  USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: handel

i posted the following question a few days ago:

--------
there are three doors.  behind one of the doors is a prize. 
you choose a door randomly, say door # 1.  (but dont open it).
i open one of the other two doors, say door #2, and show you that 
there is no prize behind it.
at this point, i give you the choice of changing your mind
and picking another door (#3), or staying with your original
choice (#1).  

question: should you change your mind (pick #3) or stick with your
original choice (#1) ?
--------

and seyed, in his grand, over-confident, self-righteous, everything i
say is gospel, attempts to solve it, while blasting at behzad:

behzad>you pick #3, because the probability for the prize to be there
behzad>is %66 vs %33 for door #1.

seyed>Wrong! "Given that #2 is empty", #1 and #3 are again equiprobable, 
seyed>and this is consistent with intuition...

behzad attempts explaining again:

>>in your ingenious derivation of the above problem, you seem to be
>>missing the given fact that "first you pick #1 and then you are told
>>that #2 is empty. so as usual, your 5 year old attention span has
>>caused you to be wrong, next time read the whole problem before
>>answering.
>...
>>behzad

and seyed digs himself even deeper, as usual, never once considering
that he may, god forbid, be WRONG:

>It doesn't make any difference Behzad jAn, you don't change anything by
>"choosing" or "picking" something. Or maybe you have supernatural powers!

well, seyed khan, youve done it again.  what is this, the third time
this week?

here, since logic is failing you bigtime, let me try and give you a
highschool level explaination of why youre better off switching to 
door #3.

imagine there are a hundred doors:

 1							100
[ ] [p] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] ... [ ]             

and you pick door # 1.  what is the probability of you being
right (never mind that youre almost always wrong)?  1/100?  
good!  theres an appliance-grade 4 mhz z80 running in there 
afterall.

now lets say the prize is behind door #2.  so i open doors
3 thru 100 and show you that theres no prize behind them.

so, now we have doors 1 & 2 left, behind one of which there
is a prize.

if you stay with door #1, youre chances of being right is 
still only what?  1/100?  very good!  you get a cookie and and a pat
on the head.

if you accept the offer and switch to the remaining door, #2, what
do you think your chances will be?  think.  98 of the wrong
choices have been eliminated, and youve been given a chance
to pick again.  

"i see, i see", says the blind man...

seems like your intuition needs a little work.  i wont even
attempt to blast your hodge podge mathematical proof (unless
you want me too).

reread your chapter on conditional probability, ostad seyed.

(having laughed at your mis-attribution disaster, we 
collectively cant wait to see you kick and gasp for air again).
From: scemg@thor.cf.ac.uk ("M.G")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Khomainie's Tomb
Date: 13 Oct 92 08:38:50 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, UK
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway

From: asghar@me.eng.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Khomainie's Tomb Exploded
In article <1992Oct11.210835.27776@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu> Asghar@me.eng.ohio-state.edu writes:
|I am delighted to report that, according to Mojahedin, three
|bombs were exploded inside Khomainie's tomb yesterday. It
|seems the tomb and surroundings were heavily damaged. I do
|not have the details yet.  
|
|Mobarak,
|

According to the report, three bombs were planted (two on
the tomb of "DaJall" itself and one near it) by a unit of Mojahedin
supporters.  All the bombs functioned properly. The tomb and
the garbage inside were blown to the pieces. The explosion also
caused heavy damage to the surrounding glass and the
chandelier. 

All member of the unit returned to the base safely.

----------------------------------------------------------------
Can you tell us how many children and women you killed in
these bommbs,

SHAME ON YOU AND ON ANY IDIOT WHO SUPPORT THE MONAFQEEN


M.G
Cardiff, Wales, U.K

------------------------------------------------------------------
From: michaelm@titanic.esd.sgi.com (Mike Mohageg)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Khuzestan
Date: 7 Oct 92 22:06:06 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <BvrI8C.466@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, yaser@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Ala) writes:

|> 
|> Another trivia:
|> 
|> What is BOOSHLAMBOO?
|> What is BAYLARSOOT?
|> Where was OPD?
|> Where was RF Camp?
|> 
|> 

BOOSHLAMBOO or MEESHLAMBOO were the little baby frogs found in the jugh (or jub).

BAYLARSOOT was from the English "Boilor Suit" and was the usuall refinery workers clothing.

OPD was near the city of Abadan and was a large hospital dedicated mostly to Sherkat staff, although others were treated for special illnesses (however, I'm not sure what OPD stands for!!!).

RF Camp was an area with nice apartments reserved for Sherkat workers.  Now it used to house many of the English Royal Forces soldiers during the occupation (hence the name RF Camp).  Some people claimed it was Aref Camp, named after the popular singer.  But that was Chart-o-part!

Amoo, mesl-ke to ma-ye dast-e kam gerefti...


|> 
|> A Shushtari trivia:
|> 
|> What is Azeeyyah?
|> What is Zoghaal?
|> What is Pakhshah?
|> 

Now, I'm stuck with the Sushtari stuff.  I've little idea about these.  But I'll give you another Abadani one; however, it's real tough:

What is MAREK?  (MAR is a snake, but this has nothing to do with animals)

|> 
|> Ala


Later on,

MIKE