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I'm doing this just for fun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Population Details Category Count Percent Total Population 572,059 100% Male 269,366 47.1% Female 302,693 52.9% Under 18 114,992 20.1% 18+ 457,067 79.9% 65+ 69,898 12.2% Median Age 34.6 Average Family Size 3.07 White 176,101 30.8% African-American 343,312 60% Asian 15,189 2.7% American Indian & Alaskan 1,713 0.3% Other 21,950 3.8% Mixed Race 13,446 2.4% Hispanic (included in categories above) 44,953 7.9%

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I just couldn't resist this one. It was too good to pass up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2356904,00.html Rice keeps her cool as papers play matchmaker From Tim Reid in Washington IN private moments, Condoleezza Rice concedes that being the world’s most famous diplomat can be exasperating. There is a war on terror to fight, a volatile Middle East, an Iran with nuclear ambitions, sectarian strife in Iraq — not to mention endless speculation about her love life. In the latest demonstration of the perils of being an attractive, articulate, female — and single — Dr Rice, the US Secretary of State, returned from an official visit to Canada yesterday with the North American press obsessed with one issue. It was not the number of Canadian troops in Afghanistan. After spending two days in the company of Peter MacKay, Canada’s handsome, athletic — and single — foreign minister, Dr Rice’s aides were, not for the first time, dismissing fevered speculation about her relationship with a diplomatic counterpart. “No, there were no candles,” Sean McCormick, a State Department spokesman replied with tired resignation when reporters asked about a working dinner that Dr Rice and Mr MacKay shared on Monday night. “It was a well-lighted [sic] dinner, with electricity-based lighting.” He added that it was hardly an intimate affair, as 14 aides and six security guards also attended. But such disclaimers did little to end the gossip, especially after Dr Rice admitted during a press conference that she had been introduced to Mr MacKay’s family when she visited his hometown of Stellerton, Nova Scotia. “Family means a great deal to me,” Dr Rice, 51, said. “They remind you of the things that you do when you were five years old.” Mr MacKay, 11 years her junior and a member of Stephen Harper’s conservative Government, then chipped in: “Something else I’ve learnt about Secretary Rice is she loves the cool Atlantic breezes here in Nova Scotia, and she left the window open last night.” He had previously declared himself a “fan” of Dr Rice and said that the two share a “chemistry”. As the collected reporters giggled, Dr Rice added: “The view, the air — I slept so well. This really is a lovely place.” Later she added: “This has been a lovely trip, Peter.” Mr MacKay was recently dumped by his girlfriend, the Canadian politician Belinda Stronach, who had been linked to Bill Clinton, the former US President. In April rumours swirled about Dr Rice and Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary. They, too, enjoyed a genuinely warm and platonic relationship after it emerged that he accepted her offer of the only bed on her official aircraft. Mr Straw and Dr Rice also visited each other’s home towns, Blackpool, and Birmingham, Alabama.

What made the ISP's popular was Unlimited Access, Ease of use, Quality, Personal Service. What I counted on the ISP's was three distinct waves of moderators leaving. The first wave of moderators leaving where the ones who BUILT ISP's. The Second wave were the moderators who added CONTENT to the ISP's. The third wave were the diehard moderators who thought that QUALITY still mattered over numbers. When everyone finally read that NUMBERS mattered most, then it was over. There ARE other factors of which one of them that you "Luke" bring up "Privacy". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Okay, I didn't know that. Thanks for the article. I just assumed that myspace was a kids site. However, with so many people leaving the main ISP's, we will probably be seeing more of these popping up. You know what the big question is though? WERE are all these people going to go??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The party that I am going too, I will be going as Bill Clinton. It should be fun. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Enjoy the Read :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1975844.cms NEW DELHI: It comes as no surprise that the US is the country with the largest inflow of migrants. But, you would never guess which country has the second largest net inflow of migrants. Believe it or not, it is Afghanistan. According to data from the United Nations Population Division, Afghanistan has a net average annual migration of about 4.3 lakh, more than a third of the US figure of roughly 1.2 million a year. No.3 on the list is another country you’re unlikely to have guessed — Spain — with an inflow almost twice as large as that into Germany, which is next on the list. The net migrants means simply those coming into a country minus those leaving it. On the other side of the charts, Mexico tops the list with the highest net outflow, followed by China and Pakistan. India is at a fair distance behind Pakistan at No. 4. So why would people be moving into war-torn Afghanistan? The sudden increase in migration into Afghanistan could conceivably be due to the return of those who fled when the Taliban seized power in 1996. With the Taliban being overthrown in December 2001, those who had fled to neighbouring countries like Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, might well be coming back, accounting for a jump in migration. We presume, of course, that the roughly 20,000 US-led coalition soldiers in Afghanistan are not being counted as migrants. Other countries that record high migrant inflows are Canada and the United Arab Emirates. In absolute numbers, the inflow to the UAE might seem relatively small, but the migrant population far outnumbers the local population. The stock of international migrants accounted for 71.4 % of UAE’s population in 2005. In Kuwait, they accounted for 62.1%. The percentage is high in other Gulf countries like Jordan and Saudi Arabia too. However, US and Russia have the largest international migrant stock, even if this accounts for a very small percentage of the population, 12.9% and 8.4% respectively. When it comes to outflows, going by sheer numbers India should beat most countries in Asia, the region with the highest outflow in the world. However, it has a much lower figure than even Pakistan, which has barely 15-16% of India’s population. This could well be because a large number of people coming into India from neighbouring countries like Nepal and Bangladesh significantly reduce the net migration figure for India. In the list of countries with the largest international migrant stock, India stands eighth, just above the United Kingdom (UK) and Spain. Those on this list above India — apart from the US and Russia — are Germany, Ukraine, France, Saudi Arabia and Canada.

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/299 Phishing reaches record numbers Published: 2006-09-11 The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is reporting a record number of legitimate "brands" were hijacked in July 2006. The group is reporting 154 banks, financial companies, electronic retailers, or other organizations had their brands hijacked through phishing in July 2006 - a new record. They also report to have found 23,670 total phishing websites used to commit identity theft, fraud and other malicious activity in July 2006. This number is second only to the record 28,571 phishing sites found in June 2006, and is nearly double the 14,135 phishing sites found in July 2005. Of these sites, 14,191 are considered "new" phishing sites, compared to just 4,564 new sites found one year prior, in July 2005. The report (PDF) was released on September 11, and also includes statistics on the average time online for a phishing site (4.8 days), the number of phishing sites referenced only by IP address instead of a domain name (42%), and the country with the largest number of malicious phishing sites (the United States, with approximately 30% of all phishing sites). The report analyzes the rapidly growing trend of phishing as a common way to steal banking and financial information from uninformed victims. Most phishing messages are sent by e-mail, a transport protocol known as SMTP that has changed little since 1982. The phishing e-mails are sent using spam distribution methods and employ social engineering to convince a user to visit a fake website and divulge private information. A number of phishing websites are in fact legitimate servers that were compromised through software vulnerabilities, exploited by hackers and covertly turned into illegal phishing sites - making the hackers more difficult to track. The Anti-Phishing Working Group focuses on eliminating fraud and indentity theft associated with e-mail based phishing scams. Its membership includes over 1,500 organizations, eight of the top ten U.S. banks, and four of the top five U.S. ISPs.

http://www.physorg.com/news76167284.html Concentrations of atmospheric ozone -- which protects Earth from the sun's ultraviolet radiation -- are showing signs of recovery in the most important regions of the stratosphere above the mid-latitudes in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, a new study shows. Researchers attribute the improvement to both a reduction in ozone-depleting chemicals phased out by the global Montreal Protocol treaty and its amendments and to changes in atmospheric transport dynamics. The study, funded by NASA, is the first to document a difference among stratospheric regions in ozone-level improvement and to establish a cause-and-effect relationship based on direct measurements by multiple satellite and ground-based, ozone-monitoring systems. "We do think we're on the road to recovery of stratospheric ozone, but what we don't know is exactly how that recovery will happen," said Derek Cunnold, a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. "Many in the scientific community think it will be at least 50 years before ozone levels return to the pre-1980 levels when ozone began to decline." The research results will be published Sept. 9, 2006 in the American Geophysical Union's Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. Georgia Tech research scientist Eun-Su Yang led the study in close collaboration with Cunnold, Ross Salawitch of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, M. Patrick McCormick and James Russell III of Hampton University, Joseph Zawodny of NASA Langley Research Center, Samuel Oltmans of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory and Professor Mike Newchurch at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The study's data indicate that atmospheric ozone has stopped decreasing in one region and is actually increasing in the other of the two most important lower regions of the stratosphere. Scientists attribute the stabilization of ozone levels in the past decade in the 11- to 15- mile (18- to 25-kilometer) altitude region to the Montreal Protocol, enacted in 1987, and its amendments. The treaty phased out the use of ozone-depleting chemicals, including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) emitted from such sources as spray-can propellants, refrigerator coolants and foam insulation. In the 7- to 11-mile (11- to 18-kilometer) region, the researchers link a slight increase in ozone to changes in atmospheric transport - perhaps caused by natural variability or human-induced climate warming - rather than atmospheric chemistry. The changes in this altitude range - below the region where ozone-depleting gases derived from human activity are thought to cause ozone depletion - contribute about half of the overall- measured improvement, researchers said. "There is now widespread agreement in the scientific community that ozone is leveling off in the 18- to 25-kilometer region of the stratosphere because of the Montreal Protocol," Cunnold said. "And we believe there is some tendency toward an increase in ozone in this region, though further study is needed to be certain. "In the 11- to 18-kilometer region, ozone is definitely increasing because of changes in atmospheric dynamics and transport not related to the Montreal Protocol," he added. "But we don't know the long-term effect this change will have in this region." Other recent studies complement these new findings. Among them are a study published in 2003 in the Journal of Geophysical Research, which reported a slowdown in the ozone depletion rate in the upper stratosphere at about 22 to 28 miles altitude (35 to 45 kilometers). Newchurch at the University of Alabama in Huntsville led this study in collaboration with: Cunnold, his former Ph.D. advisor; Yang, his former Ph.D. student; and other prominent scientists. Newchurch is also an author on the current paper. More recently, a study published in the journal Nature on May 3, 2006 indicated a stabilization and slight increase in the total-column stratospheric ozone in the past decade. This work, led by Betsy Weatherhead at the University of Colorado at Boulder, relied on satellite and ground-based ozone data used in 14 modeling studies done by researchers around the world. She and her colleagues also attributed the changes to the Montreal Protocol, but could not separate treaty-related changes from transport-related changes because of limited information available on ozone variations by height. In the current study, Yang, Cunnold and their co-authors reached their conclusions based on satellite and ground-based atmospheric ozone measurements. They analyzed a tremendous amount of data from three extremely accurate NASA satellite's instruments (SAGE I and II and HALOE) that began collecting data in 1979 and continued until 2005, with the exception of a three-year period in the early 1980s. Ground-based ozone measurements taken by NASA and NOAA from 1979 to 2005 and balloons provided essential complementary data for the study, Yang said. The satellites and the balloons measured ozone levels by atmospheric region. The ground-based data recorded measurements for the total ozone column. "The ground-based measurements were especially important for the lower atmosphere because satellites can have difficulty in sensing the lowest regions," Yang said. Salawitch, a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, noted: "Our study provides a quantitative measure of a key fingerprint that is lacking in earlier studies -- the response of the ozone layer as function of height. We reconcile the height- dependent response with observations from other instruments that record variations in total-column ozone". To accurately attribute the ozone level changes to the Montreal Protocol, researchers had to account for long- and short-term natural fluctuations in ozone concentration, Cunnold noted. One such fluctuation is an 11-year solar cycle, and another is a two-year oscillation that occurs in the tropics, but affects ozone in other latitudes because of atmospheric transport. Despite the natural fluctuations, Yang, Cunnold and their co- authors are very confident in the conclusions they reached from the data they analyzed. "We know from the study we've just published that the Montreal Protocol -- the first major global agreement related to atmospheric change -- is working," Cunnold said. A new NASA satellite called Aura is continuing to measure ozone in various regions of the stratosphere, and these same researchers are involved in the ongoing study of the ozone layer using the satellite's data.

Parking placards, I'm use to calling them stickers. Plus I just corrected the post. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am going to get this off of my chest. Would you please STOP handing out those placards like they where candy. Those of us who really need them Really do have a brutal time trying to get a parking space now a days. Oh! And the people with the big trucks, they usually try to bully their way into those spaces, and people we are not exactly quick in moving out of there way "you know what I mean?". Christ!!! it's like the indy 500 out there now a days.

http://democrats.senate.gov/agenda/real_security/act_2006/ <~ it's a long post, so I just posted the link instead. To the Democrats; I like the one on "Equip Our Intelligence Community to Fight Against Terrorists ". http://democrats.senate.gov/agenda/real_se...ntelligence.cfm (Real Security? STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH SECURITY. That would be REAL SECURITY; From a Human Being.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oh!!! and the Diplomatic Course, Why do you think Rice is at State? for fun????? The Diplomatic Course has been corrected. "Change Course/Change the Secretary of Defense. Finally, the Real Security Act includes the Sense of the Senate that in order to succeed in Iraq, the President must change course. A good indication of that change and a step in the right direction to give our troops and the Iraqi people the best chance for success is for the President to replace the current Secretary of Defense." <~~~~~~~ This is just politics, with NO basis in fact at ALL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Hold the Bush Administration Accountable For Contractor Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Iraq. During World War II, the Truman Commission investigated waste, fraud and abuse in military contracts. Its efforts saved the American taxpayers an estimated $15 billion. Now, while American taxpayers continue to foot the bill for the war in Iraq, contracting companies continue to profit. Since 2003, there have been many examples of the misuse of American taxpayer dollars in Iraqi contracting. A key example of Iraqi contract abuses is Halliburton - with Pentagon auditors questioning $1.4 billion of the billings that Halliburton submitted for its Iraqi work. Unfortunately, Republicans have rejected every effort by Democrats to investigate these abuses. The Real Security Act establishes a modern-day Truman Commission to investigate waste, fraud and abuse in U.S. contracts in Iraq." <~~~~~~~~ more politics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I CAN keep on going but unfortunately you guys, and gals "democrats" are just playing politics. Look!! to the democrats; for gods sakes, PRETTY PLEASE KEEP THE POLITICS OUT OF IT, PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP. Ya know, if you democrats DID NOT PLAY politics with this nations' long term security, as well as the Minority groups? I would have never gone republican. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is cool. It was kinda hard to figure out were to post this one. But the animation is nice. You got to go to the web site to watch it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/...jects/6850.html Cellular Visions: The Inner Life of a Cell What can character animators learn from those who render microscopic worlds in 3D? Plenty. By Beth Marchant July 20, 2006 Source: Studio Daily The Inner Life of a Cell, an eight-minute animation created in NewTek LightWave 3D and Adobe After Effects for Harvard biology students, won’t draw the kind of box office crowds that more ferocious˜and furrier˜digital creations did last Christmas. But it will share a place along side them in SIGGRAPH's Electronic Theatre show, which will run for three days during the 33rd annual exhibition and conference in Boston next month. Created by XVIVO, a scientific animation company near Hartford, CT, the animation illustrates unseen molecular mechanisms and the ones they trigger, specifically how white blood cells sense and respond to their surroundings and external stimuli.

Just with my posts on this message board alone, it would sink you "democrats" on that issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the Illegal Immigration Issue, to the democrats again, go right ahead and grant all of those here illegally, Legal status. As a matter of fact, I dare you to. <~~~ I will tell you what will happen if you do so; The African American Community will be resigned to a PERMANENT third party minority status. Like I have said before in here, I know the games you "democrats" are playing. There is no way in ahem that you "democrats" will give blanket immunity to the latino community. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...cs/15445253.htm Letter from Washington: Democrats must emphasize security issues By Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) WASHINGTON - Democrats enter the fall campaign with a very good chance of winning back control of the U.S. House of Representatives - with one potential weakness that has plagued them since the days of George McGovern. If they fall short, it likely will be because Americans didn't trust them to defend the country. Republicans know that's their one best chance to hold onto unchecked power. That's why Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld likened war critics to appeasers, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman calls them "defeato-crats," and more than one Republican congressional candidate says the Democrats will "unconditionally surrender" to terrorists. Hyperbolic, sure. Demanding court warrants for wiretaps of suspected terrorist phone calls is not exactly selling out to Hitler - and make no mistake, that's what the word "appease" is meant to evoke. Yet Republicans also argue, from a stronger foundation, that the Democrats would press for a precipitous withdrawal from Iraq and would limit such anti-terrorism tools as the Patriot Act or warrantless wiretaps. Republicans will pour it on over the next nine weeks in a barrage of speeches, reinforced by ads financed by the $43.6 million war chest that Mehlman has amassed at the Republican National Committee. Their hope: that fear of weak Democrats will overpower anger at bungling Republicans. A cynic might call it the wimps vs. the idiots. There's reason for Democrats to worry - but not enough for Republicans to think they've turned the security corner. A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 57 percent of Americans are concerned that Democrats would weaken American defenses if they won control of Congress - hardly a vote of confidence. Yet 69 percent were concerned that Republicans would push the country into too many overseas military operations if they keep control of Congress - a vote of no confidence. Democrats hope that drop in trust for Republicans on national security will negate the campaign against them. "It won't work this time," said Tim Walz, who retired from the Army National Guard and is running for Congress in Minnesota on the Democratic Farmer Labor ticket. "People are pragmatic. They can see with their own eyes that this is failing." Still, Democrats know their credibility on security remains suspect. Thus, they're fielding what they call the "fighting Dems" to challenge Republican incumbents. They include dozens of veterans, such as Tammy Duckworth, a helicopter pilot who lost both legs in Iraq and is now a congressional candidate in Illinois, and Joe Sestak, a retired Navy admiral now running in the suburbs of Philadelphia. "You're not going to get anyone tougher than me," Duckworth said in a recent interview. "But as far as I'm concerned, our national defense is more than just continuing to spend money without oversight in Iraq. "I will try to find a diplomatic solution. But when the fighting is necessary, I will be there. That's why I stayed in the National Guard. I want to make sure that when that vote is cast in Congress, that it's my butt that's on the line." Yet voters often look for more than a uniform or even personal courage in the people they choose to run the government. Ask John Kerry - or even George McGovern. Americans may have honored his record as a World War II bomber pilot, but they didn't trust him to lead the way out of Vietnam while standing up to the Soviet Union. Looking forward, it's not clear what the Democrats would do. They remain divided, for example, over how to get out of Iraq. Some push for a timetable to leave, but many oppose it. One challenger, Lois Murphy in suburban Philadelphia, said she didn't know how she'd vote if the Democrats took the House and anti-war liberals pushed to cut off funding for the war, the one real source of leverage the House would have. Still, she and her fellow Democrats are confident that they'll win the national security debate this fall - because Republicans already lost it in the streets of Baghdad.

Actually Verizon is against net neutrality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.freepress.net/news/15227 Bloggers Take Internet Fight to the Hill From TomPaine.com, April 28, 2006 By Timothy Karr As of this morning, more than 1,500 blogs have taken up a new cause, posting links to SavetheInternet.com and urging their readers to call on members of Congress to stand firm in defense of Internet freedom. And, for the first time in blogger history, the Hill is hearing it. The cyberstorm is over “Net Neutrality,” the principle that prevents large telephone and cable companies from controlling what we do, where we go and what we watch online. As part of a vote on new telecommunications legislation on Wednesday, House Energy and Commerce Committee members defeated an amendment by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass) that would have protected net neutrality by a count of 34-22. What’s remarkable about this result is the shift that occurred on Capitol Hill in the week prior to the vote. An unlikely coalition of political activists from the right and left, consumers groups, bloggers and Internet gurus banded together at SavetheInternet.com and sent more than 250,000 letters to Congress. This sparked an Internet revolt among bloggers who heaped scorn upon any member of the House who dared side with companies like AT&T and Verizon, which are spending millions of dollars in Washington to dismantle any rules that would stop their plans to control Internet content. When it came time to vote on Markey’s amendment, two Democrats on the committee switched their previous votes to favor net neutrality, and several others who were undecided voted for the amendment, citing the explosion in public interest on the issue. More elected officials on both sides of the aisle, in both the House and the Senate are now monitoring the pulse of the blogosphere as this issue spreads offline. “We would not have turned the corner in this fight without your blogs, your voices,” Congressman Markey said yesterday during a teleconference with bloggers. “We need to put every members of Congress on record on where they stand on the future of the Internet,” Markey said. That momentum has shifted in Congress, he continued, “is a reflection of the rumbling in cyberspace about what’s going on with this bill.” Bloggers from left, right and center, including DailyKos, BuzzMachine, Atrios, Instapundit and even actress Alyssa Milano, called on their readers to pay very close attention to this issue. They’ve urged everybody to go after any elected representative who ignores the public interest in favor of the well-heeled telephone and cable lobbyists that have swarmed Capitol Hill as representatives attempt to rewrite telecommunications law. Undaunted by the Committee defeat, Markey is now rallying colleagues on the left and the right to support the introduction of his Network Neutrality Amendment onto the full floor of the House next week. But it’s an uphill battle. For the amendment to be voted upon by all members, it has to first get passed the House’s gatekeepers on the Rules Committee, which Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi calls, “the free world’s outstanding bureaucratic abomination — a tiny, airless closet deep in the labyrinth of the Capitol where some of the very meanest people on earth spend their days cleaning democracy like a fish.” This 13 member committee (nine Republicans and four Democrats) holds the congressional agenda in its grip. If Rules votes down your amendment, your amendment is DOA. Bloggers are banding together to ensure that no Member of Congress gets off the hook that easily. “There’s a white hot firestorm on the issue on Capitol Hill,” Matt Stoller said in a post at MyDD. “No one wants to see the telcos make a radical change to the Internet and screw this medium up, except, well, the telcos.” Politicians get scared when they realize the public is paying attention. As the blogosphere catches fire, momentum is shifting in Washington. Whereas before, the big telephone companies and their coin-operated lobbyists were confident that Congress would simply roll over and do their bidding, today, no member of Congress can in good conscience vote with the telecom cartel. The public is now watching and, with increasing frequency and volume, the message is getting through to Congress: we will not stand for any law that threatens Internet freedom.

Ya know, if you people EVER get into real politics? You WILL MELLOW OUT SO FAST THAT YOU WONT BELIEVE IT. When you really get to understand politics, different world. Right now all of you are just reacting to "not to each other", but to the issues put out there by both political groups. When you can frame the issues yourself, then you can talk. Wait till you see the issues for the 2008 presidential elections. I was after border controll, and I got it......................................................................... KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

. I thank god for the internet on this one, at least keep an eye as to what's going on in tech space. Though russia is planning its first moon mission by 2012, not to mention that they are also planning to launch alot of satellites between that time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4029 Lockheed Martin wins $4 billion USD contract Last week it was announced that the name Orion had been selected for NASA's next generation crew exploration vehicle (CEV). Yesterday it was announced that Lockheed Martin would be responsible for building the vehicle that will be pivotal in once again landing Americans back on the moon. The Orion CEV contract is worth an estimated $4 billion USD. The Orion CEV will not only be responsible for transporting astronauts to the moon, but in earlier missions it will serve as a Space Shuttle successor transporting up to six crew members to and from the International Space Station. Only a crew of four is possible for lunar missions. “We are humbled and excited as we continue our legacy of five decades of partnership with NASA in every aspect of human and robotic space exploration. Work already is underway and we are fully focused on the vital tasks that lie ahead to meet NASA’s requirements for the program. We have a world-class team of highly dedicated, highly experienced women and men who are passionate about the success of NASA’s missions,” Joanne Maguire, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. The Orion CEV is designed to be not only much safer than previous manned space vehicles, but it will also be more efficient, more reliable and more affordable as well. NASA hopes to have the new crew vehicle operational by 2014 with manned missions to the moon taking place before 2020.

I have a question for you D.C.er's; Can Mayor Anthony Williams run again? I like him, he's done well for D.C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/...4620.xml&coll=2 States fear federal security measures for driver's licenses could cost millions Friday, September 01, 2006 Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press Columbus -- States already worried about a deadline to meet new federal security measures for driver's licenses say the proposal will cost far more than the congressional estimate of $100 million. California alone, with 25 million licensed drivers and ID card holders, says it will cost $500 million over five years to comply with the law that came out of the investigation into the 2001 terrorist attacks. A December report to the Virginia governor's office estimates initial costs from $35 million to $169 million, with ongoing annual costs as high as $63 million. "Where's the money coming from?" asked D.B. Smit, commissioner of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles. "We've got a situation where the federal government is saying you will do certain things a certain way and the citizens of the commonwealth have to pick up the check." State vehicle agencies are generally funded by a combination of gasoline taxes, fees and fines, meaning extra costs are bound to be passed to consumers. The 2005 Real ID act, while authorizing Congress to pay for the changes, doesn't specify an amount. The Congressional Budget Office estimated it would cost the government about $100 million over five years to implement the law. States are awaiting a detailed blueprint of requirements from the Department of Homeland Security. In the meantime, states estimated their costs, based on equipment they expect to purchase, training they must do and the potential hiring of new employees. The requirement that states digitally record and save all documents used to obtain a license could cost Ohio $10.5 million. Overall, the state says it could cost about $45 million to implement the law, with about $15 million in new, annual costs. The Real ID requirements grew out of a recommendation by the Sept. 11 commission calling for tighter security for driver's licenses. Seven of the Sept. 11 hijackers exploited a loophole that allowed people to obtain drivers' licenses and ID cards by submitting sworn statements instead of proof of residency or identity. Real ID requires states to incorporate common security features to prevent tampering or counterfeiting, such as using standard materials in every state to print the cards. States will have to verify the legitimacy of documents used to obtain a license and adopt a common definition of a person's full, legal name. States are increasingly nervous about meeting the May 2008 deadline for initial compliance. In Ohio, with a stubbornly high unemployment rate and a recent history of tight budgets, officials are leery of spending millions on the federal law's requirements. The state prides itself on same-day issuance of driver's licenses in most cases, something that would disappear under the new system, said Fred Stratmann, a spokesman for the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. He says it's one thing for airline passengers to put up with the hassle of airport security and higher ticket prices to pay for safe flying. "You go through this at the BMV and everyone walks out with a driver's license," Stratmann said. "As a consumer you're going to ask, What's the point of all that?' "

What are the other 9 threats to the Military? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hey!!!! they "The Redskins" are getting better. They only lost 14 to 3 this time. Have faith. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Isn't this practice called “LOAN SHARKING?” and it seems that if necessary that greater funds be made available for prosecutors to prosecute these types of cases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bfrank,Bfrank,Bfrank!!!! Ya know, I use to be a democrat once “a long, long, long time ago". But here is the rub of it all, When I was a democrat; I was taught to go after the truth "I learned that a little bit too well". I got to see FIRST hand in how the democrats pit one democrat group against each other, then come in and act as the savior, when in fact they "the democrats" were/or where pulling the strings". Also as a latino myself I got to see again "first hand" what they thought of my group as well “That was not a pretty picture either". Now what does this have to do with your post??? NOTHING. I'm not a democrat anymore. I don't play the democrat game. Ya know; this is the ONLY message board that I have actually been HONEST ON.

I understood what Rees was saying perfectly well. The picture However was out of line. In politics you run into "usually on a daily basis" people like bfrank, and others. Just use mental ignore, and THAT's IT.