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To: ManyMoose who wrote (140950)	4/19/2007 11:06:38 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

ManyMoose, Thanks for the Reflections. One small change to mine, just to keep things honest. It reads, "Today I Will Not Procrastinate!" It should read, "Tomorrow I Will Not Procrastinate!" Sort of like the bar here in town that has a sign reading, "Free beer tomorrow." <g> - Holly (who is never to busy to procrastinate)

To: ManyMoose who wrote (140950)	4/19/2007 11:17:18 PM
From: calgal	Respond to of 225578

Let's Make America a 'Sad-Free Zone'! By Ann Coulter Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Send an email to Ann Coulter Email It Print It Take Action Read Article & Comments (294) Trackbacks Post Your Comments From the attacks of 9/11 to Monday's school shooting, after every mass murder there is an overwhelming urge to "do something" to prevent a similar attack. But since Adam ate the apple and let evil into the world, deranged individuals have existed. An unidentified person is carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. on Monday, April 16, 2007, after a shooting incident. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom on the campus, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. The gunman is killed but it's unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Alan Kim) Most of the time they can't be locked up until it's too late. It's not against the law to be crazy -- in some jurisdictions it actually makes you more viable as a candidate for public office. It's certainly not against the law to be an unsociable loner. If it were, Ralph Nader would be behind bars right now, where he belongs. Mass murder is often the first serious crime unbalanced individuals are caught committing -- as appears to be in the case of the Virginia Tech shooter. The best we can do is enact policies that will reduce the death toll when these acts of carnage occur, as they will in a free and open society of 300 million people, most of whom have cable TV. Only one policy has ever been shown to deter mass murder: concealed-carry laws. In a comprehensive study of all public, multiple-shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, the inestimable economists John Lott and Bill Landes found that concealed-carry laws were the only laws that had any beneficial effect. And the effect was not insignificant. States that allowed citizens to carry concealed handguns reduced multiple-shooting attacks by 60 percent and reduced the death and injury from these attacks by nearly 80 percent. Apparently, even crazy people prefer targets that can't shoot back. The reason schools are consistently popular targets for mass murderers is precisely because of all the idiotic "Gun-Free School Zone" laws. From the people who brought you "zero tolerance," I present the Gun-Free Zone! Yippee! Problem solved! Bam! Bam! Everybody down! Hey, how did that deranged loner get a gun into this Gun-Free Zone? It isn't the angst of adolescence. Plenty of school shootings have been committed by adults with absolutely no reason to be at the school, such as Laurie Dann, who shot up the Hubbard Woods Elementary School in Winnetka, Ill., in 1988; Patrick Purdy, who opened fire on children at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, Calif., in 1989; and Charles Carl Roberts, who murdered five schoolgirls at an Amish school in Lancaster County, Pa., last year. townhall.com!

To: ManyMoose who wrote (140950)	4/19/2007 11:59:14 PM
From: Naomi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

purity : Nutritious : Good Enough Oh I get to be a special GIT again. Thanks ever so much for that. Had two doctors appointments today and everything great for another year. Two down and two to go. Blood pressure 120/80 and weighed in at 95 pounds fully clothed, four pounds lighter than last weigh in. Gaining weight is as hard for me as those trying to lose it. Have a very high metabolism that burns all my fat away. I have drank a fourteen ounce can of condensed cream a day and took me six weeks to gain five pounds when I was younger. My fate is just to be skinny, so I accept it. Nutrition is not a problem for me as I can eat anything I desire without gaining a pound from it. That "Good Enough" for me. Thank goodness as I would have to go out and buy all new clothes. Karen, I hope your injuries are much more minor than preceding ones and just be sure to take good care of yourself. Obligations will just have to take a back seat for now while healing takes place. I believe things happen for a reason and someone might be telling you to slow down for awhile. Just remember, you are very important to all the people in your life, including all of us. Sending prayers your way for good luck with diagnosis and positive healing results! I feel sure everyone else will join me in doing so too.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (140950)	4/20/2007 8:21:15 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 225578

Thanks MM....I should be able to do them for today...couldn't sleep for the last couple of hours, so will go back in a bit and see if more will find me...<g> The saying about trees is wonderful! Isn't that the truth!

To: ManyMoose who wrote (140950)	4/20/2007 10:40:24 AM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 225578

You should send the 1st Marines Fallujah Siege to the traitor Reid who said that we have lost the war! So what does it sing, "Here comes the Sun?" Sun's Atmosphere Sings Jeanna Bryner Staff Writer SPACE.com Thu Apr 19, 11:30 AM ET Astronomers have recorded heavenly music bellowed out by the Sun's atmosphere. Snagging orchestra seats for this solar symphony would be fruitless, however, as the frequency of the sound waves is below the human hearing threshold. While humans can make out sounds between 20 and 20,000 hertz, the solar sound waves are on the order of milli-hertz--a thousandth of a hertz. The study, presented this week at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Lancashire, England, reveals that the looping magnetic fields along the Sun's outer regions, called the corona, carry magnetic sound waves in a similar manner to musical instruments such as guitars or pipe organs. Making music Robertus von Fay-Siebenburgen of the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Center at the University of Sheffield and his colleagues combined information gleaned from sun-orbiting satellites with theoretical models of solar processes, such as coronal mass ejections. They found that explosive events at the Sun's surface appear to trigger acoustic waves that bounce back and forth between both ends of the loops, a phenomenon known as a standing wave. "These magnetic loops are analogous to a simple guitar string," von Fay-Siebenburgen explained. "If you pluck a guitar string, you will hear the music." In the cosmic equivalent of a guitar pick, so-called microflares at the base of loops could be plucking the magnetic loops and setting the sound waves in motion, the researchers speculate. While solar flares are the largest explosions in the solar system, microflares are a million times smaller but much more frequent; both phenomena are now thought to funnel heat into the Sun's outer atmosphere. The acoustic waves can be extremely energetic, reaching heights of tens of miles, and can travel at rapid speeds of 45,000 to 90,000 miles per hour. "These [explosions] release energy equivalent to millions of hydrogen bombs," von Fay-Siebenburgen said. "These energies are plucking these magnetic strings or standing pipes, which set up standing waves--exactly the same waves you see on a guitar string," von Fay-Siebenburgen told SPACE.com. The "sound booms" decay to silence in less than an hour, dissipating in the hot solar corona. Solar physics The musical finding could help explain why the Sun's corona is so hot. While the Sun's surface is a steamy 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,538 degrees Celsius), plasma gas in the corona soars to more than 100 times hotter. "How can the atmosphere above the surface of the Sun be hotter if nuclear fusion happens inside the Sun?" von Fay-Siebenburgen said. If astronomers can get a clearer picture of what's going on inside these magnetic loops in the Sun's atmosphere, they have a better chance of finding the answer. Another recent study using images from Hinode's telescope revealed twisted magnetic fields along the Sun's surface, which store huge amounts of energy. The magnetic fields can snap like a rubber band; when they do, they might release energy that could heat up the corona or power solar eruptions and coronal mass ejections, the researchers say. Video: Sun Storms Images: Solar Flares Twisted Solution to Sun's Mystery Heat Original Story: Sun's Atmosphere Sings Visit SPACE.com and explore our huge collection of Space Pictures, Space Videos, Space Image of the Day, Hot Topics, Top 10s, Multimedia, Trivia, Voting and Amazing Images. Follow the latest developments in the search for life in our universe in our SETI: Search for Life section. Join the community, sign up for our free daily email newsletter, listen to our Podcasts, check out our RSS feeds and other Reader Favorites today! news.yahoo.com