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Top Ten Moments in the Race for “Pastor-in-Chief”
10. Mitt Romney is asked if he believes “every word” of the Bible (CNN/You Tube debate (11-28-07).
9. CNN’s Soledad O’Brien asks John Edwards to “name his greatest sin” (CNN/Sojourners town hall 6-26-07).
8. James Dobson tells a reporter he does not think that Fred Thompson is a Christian (3-27-07).
7. Barack Obama distributes a campaign flier describing himself as a “Committed Christian” (1-21-08).
6. Hillary Clinton said we need to “inject faith into policy” (CNN/Sojourners town hall 6-26-07).
5. Mike Huckabee explains his rise in the polls by invoking the Biblical story of two fish and five loaves feeding a crowd of 5,000 people (11-28-07).
4. Tim Russert asks all the Democratic candidates to “name their favorite Bible verse” (MSNBC 9-26-07).
3. John McCain says the Constitution established the United States as a Christian nation and that he would prefer a Christian president (9-27-07).
2. Barack Obama asked a congregation to help him “become an instrument of God” and join him in creating “a Kingdom right here on Earth” (10-17-07).
1. Mike Huckabee tells a crowd: “What we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards” (1-14-08).
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Kiddo Kidkeeper
Kiddo is an innovative proximity alarm that can prevent children from getting lost, being snatched and having accidents. It has two units: a transmitter, which is attached to the child, and a receiver, which is carried by an adult.
The receiver allows the adult to set the maximum distance the child(ren) can wander away. Whenever the child strays beyond this pre-set distance, the Kiddo will emit a warning sound and visual alarm on the unit kept by the adult, and so the child can be retrieved in a few seconds and brought to a safe place.
In addition to being used for child safety, the Kiddo can also be used to monitor adults (those with Alzheimer’s, for instance), valuable property or pets.
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The best thing about Abilene?
The best thing about Abilene, Texas, is that it’s the birthplace of Jessica Simpson, but Abilene Christian University may give the future Mrs. Romo a run for her money after the school announced a plan to distribute iPhones and iPod touches to all incoming freshmen.
Sports Illustrated Campus Clicks Feb 28, 08
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I find this noble
LONDON, England (CNN) — The UK’s Prince Harry is in Afghanistan and has seen combat, the UK Ministry of Defense confirmed Thursday.
He was deployed 10 weeks ago and his fellow soldiers were sworn to secrecy.
The prince’s status is currently being reviewed, the Ministry of Defense said.
Harry is third in line to the British throne and a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals
In a recent interview with CNN Correspondent Paula Newton, Prince Harry said, “At the end of the day I like to sort of be a normal person, and for once I think this is about as normal as I’m ever going to get.”
And in a pre-deployment interwith the British Press Association, he said: “If I’m wanted, if I’m needed, then I will serve my country as I signed up to do.”
The head of the British Army, Chief of the General Staff Sir Richard Dannatt, said Harry’s deployment had been kept secret after striking an agreement with the media.
He said: “What the last two months have shown is that it is perfectly possible for Prince Harry to be employed just the same as other Army officers of his rank and experience.
“His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary. He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else in his Battlegroup.
“In common with all of his generation in the army today, he is a credit to the nation.
“In deciding to deploy him to Afghanistan, it was my judgment that with an understanding with the media not to broadcast his whereabouts, the risk in doing was manageable.”
Dannatt added that he and senior commanders will now be reviewing Harry’s deployment.
Last year, the military ruled Harry could not be sent to Iraq because publicity about the deployment could put him and his unit at risk.
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Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son’s tooth in his eye
DUBLIN (AFP) – An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son’s tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday. Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of the country, lost his sight in a freak accident when red-hot liquid aluminium exploded at a re-cycling business in November 2005.
“I thought that I was going to be blind for the rest of my life,” McNichol told RTE state radio.
After doctors in Ireland said there was nothing more they could do, McNichol heard about a miracle operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) being performed by Dr Christopher Liu at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton in England.
The technique, pioneered in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patient’s own tooth and the surrounding bone.
The procedure used on McNichol involved his son Robert, 23, donating a tooth, its root and part of the jaw.
McNichol’s right eye socket was rebuilt, part of the tooth inserted and a lens inserted in a hole drilled in the tooth.
The first operation lasted ten hours and the second five hours.
“It is pretty heavy going,” McNichol said. “There was a 65 percent chance of me getting any sight.
“Now I have enough sight for me to get around and I can watch television. I have come out from complete darkness to be able to do simple things,” McNichol said.
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Newborn survives fall through train toilet
AHMADABAD, India (AP) — A newborn baby girl fell through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks moments after her mother prematurely gave birth, surviving nearly two hours before being found, relatives said Thursday.
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First rule of robbing – know your victims
Two masked and machete-wielding men who barged into a club in Sydney, Australia, couldn’t have picked a worse night for their robbery — a monthly meeting of bikers.
About 50 burly bikers fought back with tables and chairs — pretty much anything that wasn’t bolted down. One would-be robber was tied up; the other in the hospital.
Police arrested both.
“These guys were absolutely dumb as bricks,” Jerry Vancornewal, leader of the bikers, told CNN Thursday. “I can’t believe they saw all the bikes parked up front and they were so stupid that they walked past in.”
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Google Gives San Francisco Homeless Free Voicemail
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Google has made an announcement that could help hundreds of homeless people in San Francisco get back on their feet.
Every single homeless person in the city will be given a life-long phone number and voicemail, should they choose to accept it, NBC11’s Lisa Bernard said.
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Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib
Monterey, California — Psychologist Philip Zimbardo has seen good people turn evil, and he thinks he knows why.
Zimbardo will speak Thursday afternoon at the TED conference, where he plans to illustrate his points by showing a three-minute video, obtained by Wired.com, that features many previously unseen photographs from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (disturbing content, NSFW).
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Saudi men arrested for ‘flirting’
Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have begun investigating 57 young men who were arrested on Thursday for flirting with girls at shopping centres in Mecca.
The men are accused of wearing indecent clothes, playing loud music and dancing in order to attract the attention of girls, the Saudi Gazette reported. They were arrested following a request of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
The mutaween enforce Saudi Arabia’s conservative brand of Islam, Wahhabism.
Earlier in the month, the authorities enforced a ban on the sale of red roses and other symbols used in many countries to mark Valentine’s Day.
The ban is partly because of the connection with a “pagan Christian holiday”, and also because the festival itself is seen as encouraging relations between the sexes outside marriage, punishable by law in the kingdom.
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The Moment of Truth is just like watching Springer
The NY Post interviewed Lauren Cleri and here are some interesting facts:
- Her husband already knew she was cheating.
- Before the show, Lauren and Frank discussed everything.
- She was hoping for fame and fortune (which I guess explains her modeling page)
- The couple are still married and still wear their wedding rings.
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Mock gunman terrifies students
An armed man who burst into a classroom at Elizabeth City State University was role-playing in an emergency response drill, but neither the students nor assistant professor Jingbin Wang knew that.
“I was prepared to die at that moment,” Wang said Tuesday.
The Friday drill, in which a mock gunman threatened panicked students in the American foreign policy class with death, prompted university officials to apologize this week to Wang and offer counseling to faculty and students.
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This is on my wishlist
Custom & Residential Bowling Alleys
These are full length regulation bowling lanes, not a scaled-down toy version. Genuine AMF & Brunswick equipment, available in single lanes or in pairs. Installed at your location to the USBC standards.
Minimum Area Requirements for 2 Lanes: 88′ X 11′-6″
Recommended Area Requirements for 2 Lanes: 95′ X (11′-6″ + 3′)
The bowling lanes are installed on a raised wood foundation. The finished surface of the lanes is 17″ above the concrete floor. The concrete can be recessed down 17″ to create a pit for the lanes, which results in a lane surface that is flush with the rest of the floor in the building.
A ceiling height of 10′ will be sufficient for lanes that are recessed down 17″. However, if the lanes must be raised (with no pit) the ceiling height will decrease by 17″.
A total of 50 Amps will be required to power the equipment.
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