I had heard about this but a picture is definitely worth 1000 words! God save us!!!

Senator Barack Obama, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Ruth Harkin stand during the national anthem.
Barack Hussein Obama?s photo (that?s his real name)??the article said he REFUSED TO NOT ONLY PUT HIS HAND ON HIS HEART DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT REFUSED TO SAY THE PLEDGE?..how in the hell can a man like this expect to be our next Commander-in-Chief????

Tourism officials have been slammed for featuring an axe wielding serial killer on a childrens Christmas advent calendar.

The forest once covered about 100,000 acres, a big chunk of present-day Nottinghamshire County. Today its core is about 450 acres, with patches spread out through the rest of the county.

Experts say urgent action is needed to regenerate the forest and save the rare and endangered ancient oaks at its heart.

Some 15 organizations have joined forces to draw up a rescue plan, hoping to win a $100 million grant through a TV competition in December.

1st ODI - India v Pakistan
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

2nd ODI - India v Pakistan
Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

3rd ODI - India v Pakistan
Green Park, Kanpur

4th ODI - India v Pakistan
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior

5th ODI - India v Pakistan
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2007) ? Physicists in Arizona State University have designed a revolutionary laser technique which can destroy viruses and bacteria such as AIDS without damaging human cells and may also help reduce the spread of hospital infections such as MRSA.

Professor K. T. Tsen from Arizona State University said, "Although it is not clear at the moment why there is a large difference in laser intensity for inactivation between human cells and microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, the research so far suggests that ISRS will be ready for use in disinfection and could provide treatments against some of the worst, often drug-resistant, bacterial and viral pathogens."

Gilberto said in the Observer: "It was strange, this thing that I had a fight with Arsene.

"I never did that. We have a mutual respect for each other and although Im not happy to be on the bench, and he and everyone knows that, I always respect his decision about what he thinks is best for the team.

"Im being very professional, so I dont understand how these things come out when we dont have any problem. Im not the kind of person who would refuse to play."

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Subliminal advertising has gone mainstream - fake news, mind control scripts, propaganda and stealth voicemail are in wide use by corporations, government bodies and industry groups.

By Martin Howard
Source: HowTheyChangeYourMind.com

Were twinseparable! Happy with his brother, the boy who refused to die

When doctors found that Gabriel was weaker than his brother, with an enlarged heart,and believed he was going to die in the womb, his mother Rebecca Jones had to make a heartbreaking decision.

Doctors told her his death could cause his twin brother to die too before they were born, and that it would be better to end Gabriels suffering sooner rather than later.

Mrs Jones decided to let doctors operate to terminate Gabriels life.

Firstly they tried to sever his umbilical cord to cut off his blood supply, but the cord was too strong.

They then cut Mrs Joness placenta in half so that when Gabriel died, it would not affect his twin brother.

But after the operation which was meant to end his life, tiny Gabriel had other ideas.

Although he weighed less than a pound, he put up such a fight for survival that doctors called him Rocky.

Astonishingly, he managed to carry on living in his mothers womb for another five weeks

Now we find, as our second century draws to a close, that we have become little better than those we fought, using force against force, fear against fear, and balancing terror against terror. We back dictators and juntas against their own people, feeding their graft and corruption as long as they will allow our big business to exploit their resources and labor.

We have overthrown, or attempted to overthrow, popular movements of people attempting to achieve the same human dignity and control of their destiny that we did at the cost of our blood two centuries ago. Some of these peoples have modeled their constitutions after ours, yet we dont seem to understand this; I think because our own goals have altered beyond recognition.

This Sturgeon was caught on the Black River at South Haven Michigan last week.??

Ive learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be some that can be loved. The rest is up to them.

Ive learned that no matter how much I care, some people just dont care back.

Ive learned that its not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.

Ive learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done regardless of the consequences.

Ive learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

Ive learned that sometimes when Im angry I have the to be angry, but that doesnt give me the right to be cruel.

Ive learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesnt stop for your grief.

Ive learned that you can keep going long after you cant.

Laura Moncur says - Have a long view. If you are expecting to have huge numbers the first year, you will be disappointed. It takes a good five years of consistent writing to grow a blog that will make money and give you positive feedback in the comments. On those days when it feels like all your blog entries are going out into the void and no one is reading, you NEED to remember that this takes time. It?s alright if they aren?t reading right now. When they discover you, they will go back and read every word you?ve written. Just keep writing with that day in mind.

Chris Brogan says - Make your ABOUT page AMAZING! Add your name and ways to contact you, and as much information that will attract your audience into a relationship with you as possible.

"She was using the word like all the time. She sounded like a Valley Girl," said the architect, Andrew, who declined to give his last name because what he did next was illegal.

Andrew reached into his shirt pocket and pushed a button on a black device the size of a cigarette pack. It sent out a powerful radio signal that cut off the chatterers cell phone transmission--and any others in a 30-foot radius.

"She kept talking into her phone for about 30 seconds before she realized there was no one listening on the other end," he said. His reaction when he first discovered he could wield such power? "Oh, holy moly! Deliverance."

King Tuts buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public -- more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb.

Archeologists carefully lifted thae fragile mummy out of a quartz sarcophagus decorated with stone-carved protective goddesses, momentarily pulling aside a beige covering to reveal a leathery black body.

The Nine-ton Gate is truly a monument to Eds genius. The gate, originally used as a turnstile, is perfectly mounted and balanced so that a child can open it with the touch of a finger -a remarkable achievement considering its size and weight. The gate is approximately 80 inches wide by 92 inches tall and is 21 inches thick. The gate fits within a quarter of an inch of the walls on both sides. The mystery of the Nine-ton Gate has been documented on TVs "In Search or, "Thats lncredible" and "P.M. Magazine." Publications ranging from Readers Digest to the National Enquirer have sent reporters to the castle and numerous scientists and engineers have tried to seek the answer to this seemingly impossible feat. No one could discover how the diminuitive creator found the perfect center of gravity enabling the gate to be opened by the simple push of a finger.

Tokyo Design Week: the Hono light by Japanese brand Metaphys is ignited by touching it with a magnetic match and extinguished by blowing on it. The LED light source even flickers like a real candle.

The cable-less lamp is powered by a rechargeable battery.

The product - which has been around for a while although we never saw it before - is on show at 100% Design Tokyo this week. More from Metaphys coming soon?

"The market is very concerned about what is going on in the banking sector. The big problem is the uncertainty that nobody really seems confident that anyone has got a handle on what is happening."

Hubble Sees Graceful Dance Of Two Interacting Galaxies

ScienceDaily (Nov. 1, 2007) ? A pair of galaxies, known collectively as Arp 87, is one of hundreds of interacting and merging galaxies known in our nearby Universe. Arp 87 was originally discovered and catalogued by astronomer Halton Arp in the 1970s. Arps Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies is a compilation of astronomical photographs using the Palomar 200-inch Hale and the 48-inch Samuel Oschin telescopes.

NEW YORK -- On an illuminated wall in the American Museum of Natural History, three clear plastic tubes about 5-feet long and a couple inches in diameter automatically fill with water. In the first tube, a small amount shoots up, barely visible at the tubes bottom, representing the meager 3 gallons of water that the average Ethiopian subsists on daily. The middle tube fills about one quarter full, showing the more bountiful 30 gallons of water the average Briton uses in a day.

Both amounts pale in comparison when water fills to the top of the third tube and shows the astounding 150 gallons of water that the average American uses in a day.

Ron Paul supporters are an eclectic group, mostly under 45, who are promoting the 72 year old Texas congressman at least in an effort to make sure other Republicans and the media mention the Constitution and individual rights at all during the coming election year 2008.

My observation of the make-up of Ron Paul supporters so far:

1) True intellectuals who may have actually read the Constitution and want to at least send a message about that
2) Successful businesspeople between 25-45 who would rather save for retirement than pay for more government
3) Expats, Americans living in other countries whom Congress apparently believes can still be regulated and ruled over
4) Military, especially those who may have been wounded or almost killed defending the Constitution
5) Males who still have a pair and who at least want to send a message about mens rights
6) Women who respect males who still have a pair
7) Women who really think for themselves and not for the sisterhood

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Throughout the 19th century salesmen traveled the U.S. peddling solutions to all medical ills. As depicted in numerous Westerns and in Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn, the "doctor" was aided by a shill in the crowd who would, at the appropriate moment, call out that this medicament, ointment or tincture had solved his woes. Once the unsuspecting public had purchased the con artists wares, both would quickly depart before the townspeople discovered the worthlessness of the claims.

Judge Peter Berman told Spiers he must serve at least six years before he would be able to apply for parole.

Strike looms as Hollywood writers, studios hold final talks

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Hollywood writers and studio representatives began last-ditch negotiations Sunday in an effort to prevent a strike, the writers union said.

The writers contract expired October 31, and they plan to strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday (3:01 a.m. ET) if a deal cannot be reached.

The writers want more money from the sale of DVDs and a share of revenue generated by the sale of TV shows and films over the Internet.

The last time Hollywood writers went on strike was in 1988. The walkout lasted 22 weeks and cost the industry about $500 million.

The studios say the demands are unreasonable and would hamper attempts to experiment with new media. Watch a report on the dispute »

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The Nation -- George Bushs nominee to replace disgraced former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, retired Federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey, must be rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee for the same reason that Gonzales should have been rejected in 2005.

Like Gonzales, Mukasey refuses to accept that the president of the United States must abide by the laws of the land, beginning with the Constitution. In fact, the nominee to replace the worst Attorney General since Calvin Coolidge forced Harry Micajah Daugherty to quit rather than face impeachment is actually takes a more extreme position in defense of an imperial presidency than did Gonzales.

HELL, Michigan - Life in Hell just got a little easier for John and Sue Wilson.

The couple, who live in Hell, an unincorporated town 72 kilometres west of Detroit, were blessed with a $115,001 windfall from the Michigan Lottery. They won the big prize in the Fantasy 5 drawing held Wednesday - that is, Halloween. Sue Wilson, 43, is a teachers aide. Her husband is an electrician.

The couple say they plan to use their winnings to pay off bills, make some home improvements, buy a video-game system for their 13-year-old son and possibly visit relatives in Georgia.

Plastic That Heals Itself

Researchers have developed a new material that can fill in its own surface cracks.

Hollywood film and television writers go on strike today in a move that will slowly cripple the big media production machine.

The strike relates to demands by writers for higher residual payments for DVD sales and internet downloads, and follows the breakdown of 3 months of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Shows expected to immediately disappear from the airwaves include NBC?s Tonight Show and Late Night, CBS? Late Show and Late, Late Show, ABC?s Jimmy Kimmel Live and Comedy Central?s The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

? The e-cigarette: Nicotine fix, without the toxins 

For smokers who want to quit, there are pills, patches, and gum. But how about an electronic nicotine delivery device that looks and feels like smoking -- without the smell or the carcinogens?

Thats what Hong Kong-based Golden Dragon Group is selling. Known as Ruyan (meaning "like smoking"), the electronic cigarette is a $208 battery-powered atomizer.

Cartridges containing pure nicotine, available in three strengths and good for some 350 puffs each, cost about $4.

The latest installment of the Batman series will start filming in the territory this month, but already the movie has hit several snags.

A scene in which Batman was to drop from a plane into the harbor has been axed after the movies producers found the water quality could pose a potential health risk, the South China Morning post reported in its Sunday edition.

"The plan was for Batman to be seen jumping into the water and then climbing up some bamboo, or something similar," the Post quoted an unnamed production official as saying.

"But when they checked a water sample, they found all sorts of things; salmonella and tuberculosis, so it was canceled. Now the action will cut to inside a building," the official said.

Jill and Joanie Shockley just want to breathe clean air in their homes. Neighboring tenants want to smoke in theirs.

The Shockleys are sisters who live down the hall from each other in an apartment complex in a suburb of St. Paul, where tobacco smoke from other units wafts daily into their homes.

?It?s frustrating,? said Joanie Shockley, 59. ?I like to have my grandchildren come over, and I don?t like for them to be exposed to people smoking.?

The Shockleys are part of a growing movement to restrict smoking in apartments and condominiums that is having some success.

But many in the real estate industry believe that banning smoking in such buildings would be discriminatory and therefore illegal. When asked by residents to enact a smoke-free policy, property managers often say they cannot because of federal fair housing laws.

In fact, the federal Fair Housing Act protects nonsmokers in cases where people have breathing disabilities aggravated by smoke.

An Australian man who kidnapped and raped a woman blamed his actions on a spider, local media reported on Thursday.

Philip Spiers pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape, but told a court that the poison from a funnel-web spider bite had left him with a viral illness which led to his actions.

But a toxicologist told the New South Wales state District Court there was no medical evidence to suggest a spider bite could be responsible for anger and hatred.

Spiers, who kidnapped and raped the woman in 1997, was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in jail

By Dr. Robert Anthony
Creator of The Secret of Deliberate Creation

On Saturday, when Carnegie Mellons robotic Chevy Tahoe, known as "Boss," rolled across the finish line of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge in Victorville, Calif., after 60 miles of urban driving, no driver stepped out to be showered with champagne and photographs. In fact, Boss had flawlessly accomplished the 19 missions given to the 11 finalist robots in the competition--parking at precise locations, negotiating a mix of onroad and offroad driving, and avoiding the other robotic and manned cars that roamed the streets of an abandoned airforce base--all without a human behind the wheel.

"This is a wonderful day in the history of robotics," Carnegie Mellon team leader Red Whittaker said after the race. "Its as good as it gets."

Call it a giant leap for machinekind.

A number of gnomes and other creatures have taken sanctuary at the Springfield police station.

As part of a prank, somebody stole 75 lawn ornaments from around town and placed them meticulously on and around the lawn of one house on Oct. 17, police said.

Among the figurines are plastic and porcelain geese, deer, frogs are gnomes.

Police took them back to the station to help find the rightful owners.

"We need to get them out of here," Capt. Richard Harrison said. "Every time I leave my office theyre sitting in my chair, working on my computer. I cant seem to get rid of the darn things."

The figurines will be put out for public viewing on Tuesday.

"If they come here and they can identify it were more than happy to let the gnome go home," Harrison said.

Figurines that arent claimed will be sold at auction.

Twin girl with eight limbs to have surgery

An Indian girl born with four arms and four legs is to undergo a 40-hour operation tomorrow as doctors try to give her a chance at a normal life.

Lakshmi Tatma is a two-year-old girl named after the Hindu goddess of wealth who has four arms. She was believed to have been "sent from God" when she was born to a poor rural family in the Indian state of Bihar.

As news of her birth spread among the 500 inhabitants of Rampur Kodar Katti ? a remote settlement without electricity or running water ? men, women and children queued for a darshan, or blessing, from the baby.

However, it will require the latest techniques in medical science to separate Lakshmi from her "parasitical", headless, undeveloped "twin", which is joined to her body at the pelvis.

The £100,000 operation will require differently skilled teams of more than 30 surgeons to work in eight-hour shifts to separate Lakshmis spinal column and kidney from that of her twin.

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Chocoholics have been handed a useful new excuse for their craving after a scientific study suggests it may be determined by the bacteria in their stomach.

While everyone has a vast number of microbes in their gut, people who have a daily craving for chocolate show signs of having different colonies of bacteria than people who are immune to the foods allure, according to the research.

Seven years after the launch of the first robotic Argo float, the Argo ocean observing array reached its initial target of 3000 operating floats worldwide on 1 November 2007.

By systematically measuring the temperature and salinity of the ocean from the surface to a depth of 2000 m, Argo has already improved estimates and forecasts of sea-level rise caused by thermal expansion (warming oceans).

Argo is a key component of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) sponsored by UNESCO?s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.