"Essentially we have a law which says gambling is illegal but we've allowed Wall Street to do this and they've played with people's money and taken it into these crazy areas of derivatives," Moore told an audience in Venice.

Posted: 11:33:36 PM  

Some of the biggest names in the music business, including Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney, have slammed the record labels' plans to disconnect from the internet people who are caught repeatedly downloading music illegally.

The artists label the plans backward, illogical, expensive and "extraordinarily negative".

Posted: 10:01:15 PM  

Posted: 7:55:56 AM  

ROCKETING PLASMA BLOB:

Solar activity is low, but it's not zero. Consider the following: On Sept. 5th, Jean-Paul Godard of Paris, France, was watching some prominences gently wave over the edge of the sun when, suddenly, a plasma blob rocketed into view.

The blob does not appear to have escaped the sun. Indeed, it might not have been a blob at all, but rather a plasma wave traveling up a magnetic flux tube--and 'breaking' when it reached the top. Whether it was a rocketing blob or breaking wave, it shows that even the quiet sun is worth watching

Posted: 7:54:23 AM  

Humans are programmed to believe in God because it gives them a better chance of survival, researchers claim.

A study into the way children's brains develop suggests that during the process of evolution those with religious tendencies began to benefit from their beliefs - possibly by working in groups to ensure the future of their community.

The findings of Bruce Hood, professor of developmental psychology at Bristol University, suggest that magical and supernatural beliefs are hardwired into our brains from birth, and that religions are therefore tapping into a powerful psychological force.

GEORGE:

Now you've read this, so now you think it('s) real.

Conclusion:

God is in your brain ...
You (THINK) are your brain, so God is within.

Personally I don't believe all that SMUNK ...
It's stupid, they know it and therefor they present it to you!
WHY?
Because they LIKE you.

;-)

Posted: 7:50:35 AM  

Know you can

It's great to believe you can accomplish some particular thing. It is far more powerful, however, to know you can.

When you merely believe, there is still room for doubt. When you know, there is no doubt at all.

How do you go from belief to knowing? You must put that belief into action.

Go ahead and take the first small step in the direction of your goal. Feel how it feels and know what it's like to actually accomplish what you have chosen to accomplish.

With thinking and planning and strategizing, you believe. With experience, you know.

Get yourself some real live experience in moving toward your goal. Once you know you can, you will.

Ralph Marston | greatday.com

Posted: 7:37:13 AM  

Judd faces two-match ban

Carlton captain Chris Judd is facing a two-match AFL suspension at the start of the 2010 season for making contact to the face of Brisbane's Michael Rischitelli.

Posted: 7:31:08 AM  

2,000 students at US university report swine flu symptoms

Some 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of swine flu, university officials said, in one of the largest reported outbreaks of the virus on a US college campus.

Posted: 7:11:46 AM