I'm confused. If women rank first and men rank third, what ranks second? A mixture between the two? LOL...

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Originally posted by davdah:
I'm confused. If women rank first and men rank third, what ranks second? A mixture between the two? LOL...

Yes, they left a few words out of that sentence making it a bit confusing - lol!

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Originally posted by ProudUSC:

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Originally posted by 4now:



That squirrel is smoking a cigarette. That aint no syringe

LMAO!!! Too funny, 4Now!

Mother of the century award goes to.....

Gobble Gobble.. Google Google


T-Mobile to sell Google phone for $179 on Oct. 22


NEW YORK "” The first cellphone running Google's mobile software looks something like Apple's iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google's e-mail and mapping programs.

Google made its debut as a cellphone software provider today at an event where Bellevue-based wireless carrier T-Mobile said it will begin selling the G1 phone for $179 with a two-year contract. The device hits U.S. stores Oct. 22 and heads to Britain in November and other European countries early next year.

The phone will be sold in T-Mobile stores only in the U.S. cities where the company has rolled out its faster, third-generation wireless data network. By launch, that will be 21 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Miami.

In other areas, people will be able to buy the phone from T-Mobile's Web site. The phone does work on T-Mobile's slower data network, but it's optimized for the faster networks. It can also connect at Wi-Fi hotspots.

The data plan for the phone will cost $25 a month on top of the calling service, at the low end of the range for data plans at U.S. wireless carriers.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google's founders, made a surprise appearance at the launch event. "It's just very exciting for me as a computer geek to be able to have a phone that I can play with and modify and innovate upon just like I have with computers in the past," Brin said.

He said he'd written an application for Android already: When a user throws the phone into the air, the program records how long it takes until it lands, using the phone's built-in motion sensor. Brin acknowledged that the wisdom of including such a program with an expensive phone is dubious.

"We did not include that one by default," he said.

Page said the mobile phone industry, which sells 1 billion units a year worldwide, was a tremendous opportunity for Google.

Google is giving away Android, the software that underlies the G1, for free, and opening the operating system to third-party developers who can create their own programs. Google hopes that in turn, mobile phones will provide even more ways for people to interact with the company's advertising network

Unbelievable

Pa. mom to admit giving bullied son guns

Published: 9/23/08, 12:06 PM EDT

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A prosecutor says the mother of a bullied boy who planned an attack on a suburban Philadelphia high school has agreed to admit she helped build his cache of weapons.

Michele Cossey, of Plymouth Township, is charged with buying her son, Dillon, several weapons, including a handgun, rifle and laser scope.

Prosecutor Christopher Parisi tells The Associated Press that Cossey plans to plead guilty to related charges at a hearing Tuesday afternoon.

Parisi says the mother, in her own way, was trying to help her 14-year-old son fend off bullies.


Defense attorney Tim Woodward did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.

Dillon Cossey is serving time in a juvenile facility. A friend tipped off police last year, pre-empting the attack.

good article E

"the rules cannot be bent." what to do.

sigh

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Oh no, no way one can bend the rules in Botswana, especially if you are from Zimbabve

Sounds like it is time for those free tb vaccines at the cost of protecting the health hazard of their country. USA was at least smart to do that and not stand on ceremony.

Almost like the bailout.. ****ed if u do and condemned if you dont.

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USA was at least smart to do that and not stand on ceremony.

TB vaccinations are not widely used in the USA, but TB tests are routinely given during physical exams to insure one hasn't been infected by the virus.

Thanks Proud

It was my understanding that usa used to do it in the past , but stopped because tb had basically been eradicated. The resurge of the disease has surfaced again because of undocumented and uninspected sneaking into the country . Imagine if large influx of undocumented with tb come into the country. There have already been large outbreaks reported.

Diseases are one of the main reasons that people need to be inspected to come to the usa.

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Originally posted by 4now:
Thanks Proud

It was my understanding that usa used to do it in the past , but stopped because tb had basically been eradicated. The resurge of the disease has surfaced again because of undocumented and uninspected sneaking into the country . Imagine if large influx of undocumented with tb come into the country. There have already been large outbreaks reported.

Diseases are one of the main reasons that people need to be inspected to come to the usa.

Hi 4Now,

Yes, I didn't think about what they did before my time. I'm sure you are right.

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Originally posted by OldE:
The article was about Botswana, NOT US !

Different church,,,, same pew

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Originally posted by davdah:
I'm confused. If women rank first and men rank third, what ranks second? A mixture between the two? LOL...

thats easy! out of balance riding mowers rank second! LOLOLOL! . DARN!!!!!

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Originally posted by 4now:
Gobble Gobble.. Google Google


T-Mobile to sell Google phone for $179 on Oct. 22


NEW YORK "” The first cellphone running Google's mobile software looks something like Apple's iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google's e-mail and mapping programs.

Google made its debut as a cellphone software provider today at an event where Bellevue-based wireless carrier T-Mobile said it will begin selling the G1 phone for $179 with a two-year contract. The device hits U.S. stores Oct. 22 and heads to Britain in November and other European countries early next year.

The phone will be sold in T-Mobile stores only in the U.S. cities where the company has rolled out its faster, third-generation wireless data network. By launch, that will be 21 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Miami.

In other areas, people will be able to buy the phone from T-Mobile's Web site. The phone does work on T-Mobile's slower data network, but it's optimized for the faster networks. It can also connect at Wi-Fi hotspots.

The data plan for the phone will cost $25 a month on top of the calling service, at the low end of the range for data plans at U.S. wireless carriers.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google's founders, made a surprise appearance at the launch event. "It's just very exciting for me as a computer geek to be able to have a phone that I can play with and modify and innovate upon just like I have with computers in the past," Brin said.

He said he'd written an application for Android already: When a user throws the phone into the air, the program records how long it takes until it lands, using the phone's built-in motion sensor. Brin acknowledged that the wisdom of including such a program with an expensive phone is dubious.

"We did not include that one by default," he said.

Page said the mobile phone industry, which sells 1 billion units a year worldwide, was a tremendous opportunity for Google.

Google is giving away Android, the software that underlies the G1, for free, and opening the operating system to third-party developers who can create their own programs. Google hopes that in turn, mobile phones will provide even more ways for people to interact with the company's advertising network

4now i am sure will have the first one! .
how many you got now???? LOL.

By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

JERUSALEM - Israeli officials say the U.S. has provided Israel with an advanced radar system that will give early warning in case of an Iranian missile attack.
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The officials say the new radar was flown into Israel last week along with some 120 American crewmen and has been set up at the Nevatim air base in the Negev desert.

The system can pick up a ballistic missile shortly after launch. That will cut the response time of Israel's Arrow system, designed to intercept incoming missiles.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the radar's arrival has not been officially made public. It was first reported in Defense News.

The Israeli military said Sunday it has "various forms" of cooperation with the U.S. military but that "as a rule we do not detail the content" of the ties.

Reckless Illinois Driver who Caused Auto Accident is Convicted of Reckless Homicide

A woman who was driving an estimated 70 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone and weaving in and out of traffic has been convicted of reckless homicide in the death of a 9-year-old boy.

According to The News-Gazette, Melissa K. Darr, 42, of Gifford, Ill., was darting in and out of traffic on U.S. 136 headed toward Interstate 57 on May 25, 2007. Darr testified that she had argued with her husband the night before and that her husband had taken their 4-year-old son. While she was driving, her husband told her she would not be getting their son back.

Darr got onto the I-57 ramp which limits speed to 35 miles per hour because of a tight curve. Her SUV blew a tire then went through the grass and up on the highway.

Raymundo Vazquez Sr. of Chicago was driving his van southbound. He testified that Darr's SUV hit the back of his van, causing him to a hit a guardrail. His 9-year-old son, Raymundo Vazquez Jr. was thrown from the van and died of head and chest injuries.

Two state troopers testified that, in their opinion, the vehicles did not touch because there was no paint transfer.

But that didn't matter, Assistant State's Attorney Chris Kanis told the jury.

"She's flying on that ramp. It was inevitable. She couldn't hold the curve. If she didn't hit him, he was avoiding her."

It only took the Champaign County jury 90 minutes to convict Darr of reckless homicide. Her sentencing is set for Oct. 23. Darr faces a maximum of five years in prison.

In this case, it didn't matter if Darr intended to hurt or kill someone. All that mattered was that she meant to drive recklessly.

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Sunday 28th September

US north-east on hurricane alert
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A rare hurricane watch has been issued for the US state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Tropical Storm Kyle strengthened to hurricane force off the US east coast with winds of 75mph (120km/h), the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

It is the first hurricane watch issued for Maine in 17 years, the US National Weather Service reported.

It is projected to make landfall near the Maine-New Brunswick border late Sunday or early Monday, the NHC said.

The alert comes on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Juan, which killed two people and caused millions of dollars of damage in Canada's Atlantic provinces.

Kyle is the 11th named storm of the season, which has already brought extensive damage and hundreds of deaths in Caribbean nations.

SAGINAW, Mich. - With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman has won an auction for an abandoned home in Saginaw. Joanne Smith, 30, recently was the top bidder for the home during an auction on eBay, The Saginaw News reported. Her bid was one of eight for the home.

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"I am going to try and sell it," she told the newspaper. "I don't have any plans to move to Saginaw."

Smith said she hasn't seen the property or visited Saginaw, which has been hard-hit by economic troubles in recent years.

There's a notice on the door of the home saying a foreclosure hearing is pending, the newspaper said. She must pay about $850 in back taxes and yard cleanup costs.

The Saginaw News said it could not reach the seller, Southern Investments LLC, for comment.

I saw that house - it's amazing what you can find on ebay! LOL!

Google whips out $4.4 trillion clean-energy plan

San Francisco Business Times - by Steven E.F. Brown

Google.org, the philanthropic unit of search giant Google Inc., publicized a $4.4 trillion plan to wean the United States off fossil fuels by 2030.


Giant Google's curiosity, which seems as boundless as the Internet its algorithms search, extends into nearly every area of human endeavor. Though it makes most of its money from advertising it is interested in nearly every subject, and presented this proposal as a straw-man, meant to stimulate policy debate.

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), based in Mountain View, calls in the proposal for a 38-percent cut in oil used for vehicle fuel. "Technologies and know-how to accomplish this are either available today or are under development," the proposal, by Jeffery Greenblatt, says.

It also urges greater use of nuclear, solar, wind and geothermal sources of power.

According to Google, the plan would cost about $4.4 trillion but over 22 years would save a net of about $1 trillion while creating new jobs.

The details of the plan call for:


Improved electrical energy efficiency, which will counteract growth in demand and also the expected demand from plug-in electric cars.
Replacing all electrical power generation that uses coal and oil for fuel. About half of electrical generation from natural gas would also be replaced, all with renewable sources like wind "” both on and offshore "” solar and geothermal.
Raising standard car fuel efficiency from 31 mpg to 45 mpg.
Increasing use of plug-in hybrids and pure electric cars.
Replacing cars in business fleets faster.

To achieve these goals, Greenblatt says, the country will have to improve electrical transmission capacity and invest in research to make renewable energy cheap and ubiquitous. Mileage standards for cars will have to be raised, and infrastructure like charging stations for electric vehicles will have to be encouraged and built.

Google's proposal assumes that electricity demand can be kept flat at the 2008 level, rather than growing by a quarter by 2030. The proposal claims "ample proof" that this is possible, citing research studies and the experience of states, plus a McKinsey & Co. report "” Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost, published last December.


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Russia's Jerusalem land claim worries Israelis

By TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press Writer
Tue Oct 7, 6:59 AM ET

The Russians are coming to downtown Jerusalem, reclaiming ownership of a landmark with the approval of the Israeli government, just as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits Moscow to try to iron out serious policy differences between the two countries.

After years of contacts, Olmert's Cabinet agreed Sunday to hand over the small tract known as Sergei's Courtyard. The area, which once accommodated Russian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land, now houses offices of Israel's Agriculture Ministry and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

The property includes a lush garden and the massive buildings around it "” a turret-like structure at the intersection of two downtown streets and the sand-colored fortress-like wings leading from it.

The timing of the gesture is clear. After years of relatively smooth relations, serious problems have cropped up between Israel and Russia. One concerned Russia's summer invasion of Georgia, which has become a close ally of Israel in recent years. More importantly, Israel is concerned about Russia's role in helping, or not stopping, the nuclear program of Israel's archenemy, Iran.

Olmert hopes to talk through those issues during his two-day trip to Moscow. He was scheduled to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday before returning to Israel.

Not everyone is happy about Israel's Jerusalem goodwill gesture. Hardline groups bridle at any transfer of control in Jerusalem, because they oppose Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts that would require sharing the city.

Israel TV described the transfer as "Russian autonomy in downtown Jerusalem." The Cabinet decision says no major changes can be made at the site without approval of both governments.

The official transfer may be delayed because of an appeal filed by the nationalistic Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, which said the deal is a "breach of Israeli sovereignty."

Nachi Eyal, the group's director, warned the deal could set a precedent for other land claims.

A Russian official denied accusations it seeks greater influence in the Middle East through the acquisition of Sergei's Courtyard, calling its desire to own the place a matter of historical significance.

"This has nothing to do with what is being called imperial ambitions because it's not a military base or something that can serve those purposes," said Alexei Skosyrev, a political counselor at the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv. He said the building will be used as a Russian cultural center to "promote bilateral relations" between the two countries.

The site, named for Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, a son of Czar Alexander II, was built in 1890 and is part of the larger Russian Compound, most of which Israel purchased 45 years ago. It paid in oranges because it lacked hard currency.

Negotiations over the site began in the 1990s. In 2005, after years of lagging progress on the deal, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised former Russian President Vladimir Putin the land would be returned.


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