Gwen Olsen spent fifteen years as a pharmaceutical sales rep working for such healthcare giants as Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Abbott Laboratories. She enjoyed a successful, fast-paced career until several conscious-altering experiences began awakening her to the dangers lurking in every American medicine cabinet.
NASA introduced a new name and logo for its next generation lunar lander, which was previously referred to as the Lunar Surface Access Module, or LSAM for short.
In Chinese mythology, there is a love story of Qi Xi in which Niu Lang (Altair) and his two children (Aquila -β and -γ) are separated forever from their mother Zhi Nü (Vega) who is on the far side of the river, the Milky Way. The Japanese Tanabata festival is also based on this legend.
In astrology, the star Altair was ill-omened, portending danger from reptiles.
The NASA Constellation Program announced "Altair" as the name of the Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM) on December 13, 2007.
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Brian Haw has staged a peace protest on London's Parliament Square since June 2001, trying to change Britain's policy on Iraq.
This is his Christmas message.
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Inspiration twice ... nice!
The Tuesday InspirationPeak
If a man looks upon any other man and estimates that man as less than himself, then he is stealing from the other.
He is stealing the other's birthright - that of equality.
Neville Goddard, 1905-1972
Barbados-born Mystic and Spiritual Teacher
Give yourself a perfect day. Do what makes you happiest. Look upon what gives you joy. Speak to those who warm your heart. Listen to that which lifts your spirit. Surround yourself with sights and sounds and people who give you pleasure.
For all the happiness you give to others all year long, give yourself a perfect day.
Bush has demanded retroactive immunity for any telecommunication company that participated in the warrantless spying program begun shortly after the September 11 attacks.
"The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
The huge rat had no fear of people and regularly wandered into a camp set up by scientists in the remote region of Papua, the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea.
CHILDREN are more scared of spiders, monsters and being in the dark than terrorism or war, research shows.
Of course, for THAT is real for children..
When asked what scares them, a survey of 220 Australian children put animals, bullying and getting hurt ahead of war or natural disasters. Only three mentioned terrorism.
But the study also found children's responses changed when they were prompted for answers.
When asked directly if they were scared of terrorism, nearly half said they feared it "a lot".