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i too wonder why the open seat in Wyoming isn't on the list. until we know who the governor appoints and whether he wants to run himself, it has to be considered top ten material.

'CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- President Bush warned Congress on Saturday that he will use his veto power to stop runaway government spending.

"The American people do not want to return to the days of tax-and-spend policies," Bush said in his radio address.

The House of Representatives on Friday passed a $37 billion budget for the Department of Homeland Security, but Republicans rallied enough votes to uphold a promised veto from Bush.

The measure -- one of several annual spending bills that Congress began to consider this week -- exceeds Bush's request for the department by $2.1 billion.

The administration, hoping to appease Republicans who demand fiscal restraint, has pledged to keep overall spending to the level in Bush's proposed budget in February.'

hilarious and transparent how the media supports all the republican frames. writing with a straight face about 'republicans who 'demand' fiscal restraint ... LOL-- where have those folks been the last 6 years while they spent like drunken sailors on industry tax breaks and no=-bid contracts? but now that democrats want to get armor and health care for our troops' -- that's returning to the 'days of tax and spend policides'...

what tragedy for our country that the days of the free press, and of any kind of an aware population, are over. how sad that people in this country are this stupid, to allow this to happen to themselves.

Those posts certainly had Zouk's mental fingerprints on them.

cowards. What are you scared of. Why can't we talk about what is

Looking at that list, I think there's a very good chance that CO, NH, and OR flip to the democrats and LA and SD flip to the republicans. Most of the rest of the options seem to feature republican incumbents in weakly red states during a presidential election year, and Collins has done her best to appear moderate for months.

WASHINGTON - In his first public comments on the Bush administration's surprise decision to replace him as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace disclosed that he had turned down an offer to voluntarily retire rather than be forced out.

CC- All the long posts here listed under the name 'che' are put up by the poster who calls himself 'king of zouk' -- a vicious troll. Please delete them and ban him.

Jonny Quest

Jonny Quest (often referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest) was a science fiction American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and created and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey, about the adventures of a young boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. The first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows, which would later include Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, Jonny Quest ran on ABC in prime time for one season in 1964 - 1965. After spending two decades in reruns, new episodes were produced for syndication in 1986, and two telefilms and a spin-off series (The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest) later revived the characters for the 1990s.

Original 1964-1965 show

Inspiration

Jonny Quest was designed to evoke both the drama of a dramatic adventure radio serial, and the fantasy of a comic book. Unlike earlier H-B programs, violence was not shied away from, but used to add suspense and impact to the show.

The show's most notable inspiration comes from the classic old-time radio serial Jack Armstrong. In fact, Hanna-Barbera had originally intended to produce an animated adaptation of Jack Armstrong. Hiring noted comic book artist Doug Wildey, H-B began negotiations with Jack Armstrong's copyright owners, and produced a test Jack Armstrong pilot in 1962. Negotiations fell through, and the Jack Armstrong project was retooled into Jonny Quest, an original series based on a similar idea. Scenes from the Jack Armstrong test film were incorporated into the Jonny Quest closing credits montage: they are the scenes of the red-haired boy and his father escaping from the African natives using a hovercraft.

Other acknowledged inspirations for Jonny Quest come from Milton Caniff's adventure comic strip Terry and the Pirates (which was also a popular radio show), and the James Bond film Dr. No, which had inspired Joseph Barbera to develop an action-adventure program.

However, critics have also noted a very strong resemblance between Jonny Quest and Rick Brant, teen star of a boy's adventure series published by Grossett & Dunlap from the 1940s to the 1960s (in the genre of The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, Jr., and others.). The Rick Brant SCIENCE Adventures featured a likable teen hero, his science-researcher father, a tiny island installation, mystery stories oriented around science and technology, and such regular characters as a Race Bannon-like secret agent and a young Hadji-like pal, Chadha, from Calcutta. Nevertheless, the similarity between Rick Brant and Jonny Quest has never been officially acknowledged by Hanna-Barbera.

[edit] Characters, voice cast, and premise

Jonny Quest is a ten- or eleven-year-old boy (there is some question about his exact age; it is never stated in any of the show's episodes), the son of Dr. Benton Quest, "one of the three top scientists in the world," and apparently something of a Renaissance man; his scientific and technical know-how spans many fields. Mrs. Quest is presumed dead, possibly the victim of a plot against Dr. Quest, and mentioned only in the pilot episode ("Mystery of the Lizard Men").

Government fears that Jonny could "fall into the wrong hands" resulted in the assignment of a bodyguard, Roger "Race" Bannon, from Intelligence One. Bannon guards and tutors Jonny and Hadji. Hadji is Dr. Quest's adopted son, an eleven-year-old Indian boy (his age was stated in one of the show's episodes, "Pirates from Below") who is seldom seen without his bejewelled turban and Nehru jacket.

The Quests have a compound in the Florida Keys (on the island of Palm Key), but their adventures take them all over the world. Jonny's pet, a small white pug named Bandit, often provides comic relief although at least once ("Skull and Double Crossbones") he was instrumental in foiling the bad guys.

Dr. Quest travels the globe studying scientific mysteries, which get him into scrapes with foes that range from espionage robots and electrical monsters to Egyptian mummies and pterosaurs. Although most menaces were unique to the episode, one recurring nemesis is known as Dr. Zin, an Asian mastermind. Race Bannon's mysterious old flame, Jezebel Jade, also occasionally appears.

Tim Matheson performed the voice of Jonny. Mike Road was "Race" Bannon, Danny Bravo was Hadji, and Dr. Benton Quest was voiced by John Stephenson for five episodes, and by Don Messick for the remainder of the shows. Messick also provided Bandit's vocal effects, which were combined with an archived clip of an actual dog's barking. The voices of Dr. Zin and other assorted characters were done by Vic Perrin, who is best remembered as the "Control Voice" for the original The Outer Limits television series.

The memorable theme music for the 1960s series, a percussion-heavy big band "spy jazz" piece with no lyrics, was written by Hoyt Curtin. The character Hadji was noted as the first major non-white character to be presented as an equal, sympathetic participant in the stories in American television.

Jonny Quest first aired on September 18, 1964 on the ABC network, and was an almost instant success, both critically and ratings-wise. It was canceled after one season, not because of poor ratings, but because each episode of the show went over budget. Notably more realistic and detailed than previous Hanna-Barbera prime time programs such as The Flintstones and The Jetsons, Jonny Quest required an attention to detail that ABC was unable to afford.

Since its initial run on ABC, it has been shown in re-runs on NBC and CBS as well as various incarnations on cable, including Cartoon Network's Boomerang channel. The "classic" series was released to DVD as Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season in 2004. It should be noted, however, that this DVD set contained some minor editing of the episode "Pursuit of the Poho," as well as use of the same set of syndicated credits for all episodes.

[edit] Comic Books

A Jonny Quest comic book (a retelling of the first TV episode, Mystery of the Lizard Men) was published by Gold Key Comics in 1964. Comico began publication of a Jonny Quest series in 1986, with the first issue featuring Doug Wildey's artwork. The series ran for 31 issues, with 2 specials and 3 "classic" issues drawn by Wildey retelling three of the Quest TV episodes ("Shadow of the Condor", "Calcutta Adventure", and "Werewolf of the Timberland"). The series attracted Doug Wildey for several more covers, as well as Steve Rude, Dave Stevens and other famous artists. The series also spun-off a 3-issue series named Jezebel Jade which told the story of Jade's relationship and adventures with Race Bannon. Joe Kelly, who wrote a 2004 comic mini-series starring fellow Hanna-Barbera action property Space Ghost for DC Comics, is set to write a similar series about Jonny Quest.

[edit] Saturday morning reruns and controversy

Reruns of the show were broadcast on various networks' Saturday morning lineups beginning in 1967. On Saturday morning, Jonny Quest became one of the main targets of parental watchdog groups such as Action for Children's Television (ACT). With its multiple on-screen deaths, murder attempts, uses of firearms and deadly weapons, and tense moments, Jonny Quest was decried as the epitome of what was wrong with Saturday morning cartoons, regardless of the fact that it indeed was not an original Saturday morning cartoon. The reruns were taken off the air in 1972, but returned to Saturday morning, in edited form, periodically afterwards.

1986 revival and telefilms

By the mid-1980s, the edited episodes of Jonny Quest (each episode was missing about five minutes of footage edited for time constraints and content) were part of the syndication package The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. Thirteen new Jonny Quest episodes were produced in 1986 to accompany the originals in the Funtastic World programming block. These episodes (sometimes referred to as The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, but referred to simply as Jonny Quest on their title cards) were noticeably less violent and more "kid-friendly" than the 1960s originals, and introduced the new characters Hardrock, an ancient man made of stone, and a young girl named Jessie Bradshaw, the daughter of a family friend, as a counterpart for Jonny. Hardrock did not return in any later versions of the program, without background alteration.

A feature length animated telefilm, Jonny's Golden Quest, was produced by Hanna-Barbera for the USA Network in 1993, which again pitted the Quest team against Dr. Zin, who murders Jonny's mother in the film. Jonny's Golden Quest also retconned Jessie as Race's young daughter, and she would appear as a character in all subsequent versions of the Jonny Quest property. A second telefilm, Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects, was produced for TNT in 1996, and was promoted as being the final iteration of the "Classic Jonny Quest". The original series, which had begun regularly on the Cartoon Network in 1993, was taken off the air in 1996 after a heavily promoted marathon, to make way for a new, revised Quest series.

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

The new Quest series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, premiered on all three major Turner Broadcasting entertainment networks (Cartoon Network, TBS Superstation, and TNT), and met with mixed ratings and reviews. The characters were aged, with Jonny, Hadji, and Jessie becoming teenagers, and Dr. Quest and Race entering middle age.

Production on the series had been problem-laden since 1992, and when it was finally broadcast, it featured two different versions of the Jonny Quest universe: the first batch of episodes (referred to as the "Season One" episodes) gave the Quest team a futuristic look, while the second batch (referred to as "Season Two") harkened back to the original 1960s episodes. Several of the "Season One" adventures in this series took place in a cyberspace realm known as "Questworld", depicted using 3-D computer animation. Regardless of their labeling, both the "Season One" and "Season Two" of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest aired during the 1996 - 1997 television season, and the show was canceled after 52 episodes (26 of each type). A live action movie was planned to debut following the series premiere but never materialized.[1]

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest was rerun in the late 1990s on Cartoon Network, due to popular demand. The show was part of the original Toonami rotation when the block launched on March 17, 1997 and aired consistently on Toonami until September 24, 1999.

[edit] Cultural impact

* Several elements of Jonny Quest have become parts of American pop culture. The original 1960s series is notable as being representative of the Cold War, with most of the villains being of Eastern European or Asian origin. When said villains are defeated, they, more often than not, scream a heavily accented "Aiieee!" as they fall to their deaths, a scream that has been heavily parodied since[citation needed].

* In 1991, Hi-Tec Software published Jonny Quest in Doctor Zin's Underworld, an officially licensed Jonny Quest platform game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 home computers.

* A speculated homosexual relationship between Dr. Quest and Race was the basis of the "Bannon Custody Battle" episode of Adult Swim's Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. A later episode, "Return of Birdgirl", took the allusion further by dealing with Dr. Quest and Race trying to marry.

* In Channel Chasers, an animated film featuring characters from the Fairly OddParents television series, Timmy Turner uses a magical remote control to go inside the "TV Universe," where all the shows seem to be parodies of real TV shows and meets characters such as Jonny Hunt (Jonny Quest).

* In 1994, The Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer" featured an astronaut named "Race Banyon" who is similar in appearance to Race Bannon except with dark hair instead of white.

* Another notable Jonny Quest parody is the Freakazoid episode "Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet" (1995), a self-contained cartoon short featuring several members of the original voice cast. According to reports on the AOL Jonny Quest Forum from that period, "Toby Danger" was the catalyst in replacing the "Season One" creative team on Real Adventures of Jonny Quest with the "Season Two" team, who argued that Warner's parody was more faithful to the original show than H-B's own series.

* Several elements of Pixar's The Incredibles (2004) animated feature film show direct inspiration from Jonny Quest, particularly a one-eyed robot who terrorizes the populace the same way Dr. Zin's one-eyed robot does in the 1964 episode "The Robot Spy." Similarly in 2003, the Samurai Jack episode "Chicken Jack" also featured this type of robot.

* In 2005, Warner Brothers debuted a new action/adventure animation series about a boy named Johnny Test, which is a pun on Jonny Quest.

* There is a Less Than Jake song, "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts" [sic], from their 1995 Pezcore album. This song was based on a hometown fan who had the nickname of "Johnny Quest".

* In the episode "Wishbones" of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, after Billy wishes for an adventure, he, his dad, and Irwin, are shown impersonating Jonny Quest characters while exploring a tomb. Billy is Jonny, Irwin is Hadji and Billy's dad is Dr. Benton.

* One episode of Evil Con Carne features a boy named Max Courage (a parody of Jonny Quest) and his father Dr. Courage (a parody of Dr. Quest).A parody of the theme music from the classical Jonny Quest series is played throughout the episode.

* The Venture Bros. heavily satirizes Jonny Quest. The direct allegory has Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture as Dr. Benton Quest, his bodyguard Brock Samson as Race Bannon, and his sons Hank and Dean as the Quest boys (although the Hardy Boys are also a strong inspiration). However, flashbacks reveal that Rusty originally had a Jonny/Benton-esque relationship with his father, a truly talented and respected scientist, and present-day Rusty is actually portraying Jonny as a bitter, washed-up child star of super-science coasting on the fame of his late father. While writing the first season, the creators of the show realized that Cartoon Network owned Jonny Quest and they could use the actual characters in the show, vaguely connecting The Venture Bros. to a near-future date in the Quest "universe". The episode "Ice Station Impossible" had Race Bannon killed in combat with snakemen, and "Twenty Years to Midnight" features an adult Jonny as a strung-out drug addict living in the bathysphere from the original Jonny Quest episode "Pirates from Below", apparently living with a paranoid fear of his Father. Bannon's image was not nearly as tarnished - he was killed in official government action, only to be knocked out by a passing plane, his body and all its gadgets later to be found by a group of children. His Venture Bros. counterpart, Brock Samson, admitted to working with him a few times and referred to him as 'One of the Best'. In "Fallen Arches", Rusty excitedly unveils his new invention, the "walking eye"--a classic icon of Jonny Quest's bizarre future science--but has trouble coming up with any use for it (besides looking cool).

* In the 2005 film Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Stewie mentions that he had a job at the Quahog Airport. The following cutscene shows Stewie admitting Jonny and Dr. Benton Quest onboard the plane while Hadji was "randomly selected" for additional screening.

* Hadji Singh appeared briefly in the first book of Greg Cox's Eugenics Wars duology, at a conference held by Khan Noonien Singh. The cameo made an offhand reference to Benton.

* Matt Fraction's spy-fi comic book series Casanova features a genius villain going by the name of Sabine Seychelle, who works with a large Indian bodyguard named Samir; Fraction recounts his inpiration for them in the text column at the end of Casanova #4 that "I liked the idea of Johnny Quest, all adult and crooked. The son of an adventure scientist and his bePolo'd sidekick would grow up...how, exactly? Bent, I supposed. Weeeird. The kind of guy that would create phenomenal machines...and then sleep with them three at a time."

Yeti

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"Abominable Snowman" redirects here. For the Doctor Who serial of similar name, see The Abominable Snowmen.

The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an apelike cryptid said to inhabit the Himalaya region of Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region,[1] and are part of their history and mythology.

Most mainstream scientists, explorers and writers consider current evidence of the Yeti's existence to be weak and better explained as hoax, legend or misidentification of known species.[2] Even today, the Yeti remains one of the most famous creatures of cryptozoology. As such, the Yeti can be considered a Himalayan version of the Sasquatch.

Name variations

The name Yeti is derived from the Tibetan yeh-teh. (Tibetan: གཡའ་དྲེད་; Wylie: g.ya' dred), a compound of the words yeh (Tibetan: གཡའ་; Wylie: g.ya') meaning "rocky" or "rocky place" and ti, te or teh (Tibetan: དྲེད་; Wylie: dred) which translates as "bear", the full name being "rock bear".[3][4][5][6][7]

Pranavananda[3] goes on to illustrate the root of the words "ti", "te" and "teh" in that they are derived from the spoken word 'tre' (spelled "dred"), Tibetan for bear, with the 'r' softly pronounced as to be almost inaudible, thus making it "te" or "teh".[3][7][8]

Other terms used by Himalayan peoples do not translate exactly the same, but refer to legendary and indigenous wildlife.

* Jo-bran, Kang Admi, Mirka, Migoi, Dzu-teh, Meh-teh (Tibetan: མི་དྲེད་; Wylie: mi dred) translates as "man-bear"[5][7][9]
* Dzu-teh - 'dzu' translates as "cattle" and the full meaning translates as "cattle bear" and is the Himalayan Red Bear.[4][10][8][11][7]
* Migoi or Mi-go (Tibetan: མི་རྒོད་; Wylie: mi rgod) (pronounced mey-goo) translates as "Wild Man".[11][8]
* Mirka - another name for "wild-man", however as local legend has it "anyone who sees one dies or is killed". The latter is taken from a written statement by Frank Smythe's sherpas in 1937.[12]
* Kang Admi - "Snow Man"[11]
* Jo-bran - "Man-beast"

Himalayan wildlife attributed to the Yeti sightings include the Chu-Teh, a Langur monkey [1] living at lower altitudes, the Tibetan Blue Bear, the Himalayan Brown Bear and the Dzu-Teh (commonly known as the Himalayan Red Bear).[2]

The term Yeti is often used to describe various reported creatures:

* A large apelike biped (that some suggest could be a Gigantopithecus)
* Human-sized bipedal apes (the Almas and the Chinese wildman)
* Dwarflike creatures (such as the Orang Pendek).

The term is often used to refer to creatures fitting any of the aforementioned descriptions. For example, the fear liath has been dubbed as the "Scottish Yeti".

The "Abominable Snowman"

The appellation "Abominable Snowman" was not coined until 1921, the same year Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Howard-Bury led the Royal Geographical Society's "Everest Reconnaissance Expedition"[13][14] which he chronicled in Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921[15] In the book, Howard-Bury includes an account of crossing the "Lhakpa-la" at 21,000 feet (6400 meter) where he found footprints that he believed "were probably caused by a large 'loping' grey wolf, which in the soft snow formed double tracks rather like a those of a barefooted man". He adds that his Sherpa guides "at once volunteered that the tracks must be that of "The Wild Man of the Snows", to which they gave the name "metoh-kangmi".[15] "Metoh" translates as "man-bear" and "Kang-mi" translates as "snowman".[3][5][16][11]

A bit of confusion exists between Howard-Bury's recitation of the term "metoh-kangmi"[13] [15] and the term used in H.W. Tilman's book Mount Everest, 1938[17] where Tilman had used the words "metch" (which may not exist in the Tibetan language)[18] and "kangmi" when relating the coining of the term "Abominable Snowman".[17][5][19][11] Further evidence of "metch" being a misnomer is provided by Tibetan language authority Professor David Snellgrove from the School of Oriental Studies in London (ca. 1956), who dismissed the word "metch" as impossible to conjoin the consonants "t-c-h" in the Tibetan language."[18] Documentation suggests that the term "metch-kangmi" is derived from one source (from the year 1921).[20] It has been suggested that "metch" is simply a misspelling of "metoh".

Like the legend itself, the origin of the term "Abominable Snowman" is rather colorful. It began when Mr Henry Newman, a longtime contributor to The Statesman in Calcutta (using the pen name "Kim")[6] interviewed the porters of the "Everest Reconnaissance expedition" upon their return to Darjeeling,[21][22][17][23]. Newman mistranslated the word "metoh" as "filthy" or "dirty", substituting the term "abominable", perhaps out of artistic license. [24] As author H.W. Tilman's recounts, "[Newman] wrote long after in a letter to The Times: The whole story seemed such a joyous creation I sent it to one or two newspapers'".[17]

Tilman continues, "Whatever effect Mr Newman intended, from 1921 onwards the Yeti... became saddled with the description "Abominable Snowman," an appellation which can only appeal to the music-hall mind rather than to mammalogists, a fact which has seriously handicapped earnest seekers of the truth",[18] a view supported by[17][25][26][5][19]Sanderson "It cannot be denied however that Mr Newman put the Yeti 'on the map'. During the twenties and thirties, sightings...of prints and of the animal itself occurred right across the Himalaya from the Burmese frontier to the Karakoram, not all of them by credulous witnesses."[18]

[edit] Events and Studies

[edit] Plunkert century

In 1832, the Journal of the Asiatic society of Bengal published trekker B. H. Hodgson's account of the Yeti in northern Nepal. His native guides spotted a tall, bipedal creature covered with long dark hair, which seemed to flee in fear. Hodgson did not see the creature, but concluded it was an orangutan.

An early record of reported footprints appeared in 1889 in L.A. Waddell's Among the Himalayas. Waddell reported his guide's description of a large apelike creature that left the prints, which Waddell concluded were actually made by a bear. Waddell heard stories of bipedal, apelike creatures, but wrote that of the many witnesses he questioned, none "could ever give ... an authentic case. On the most superficial investigation it always resolved into something that somebody had heard of." [3]

[edit] Early 20th century

The frequency of reports increased during the early 20th century, when Westerners began making determined attempts to scale the many mountains in the area and occasionally reported seeing odd creatures or strange tracks.

In 1925, N.A. Tombazi, a photographer and member of the Royal Geographical Society, allegedly saw a creature at about 15,000 ft (4572 meter) near Zemu Glacier. Tombazi later wrote that he observed the creature from about 200 or 300 yards, for about a minute. "Unquestionably, the figure in outline was exactly like a human being, walking upright and stopping occasionally to pull at some dwarf rhododendron bushes. It showed up dark against the snow, and as far as I could make out, wore no clothes." About two hours later, Tombazi and his companions descended the mountain, and saw what they assumed to be the creature's prints, described as "similar in shape to those of a man, but only six to seven inches long by four inches wide... The prints were undoubtedly those of a biped."

The Pangboche Scalp

The Daily Mail "Snowman Expedition" of 1954, on March 19 printed an article which described expedition teams obtaining hair specimens from a scalp found in Pangboche monastery. The hair was analysed by Professor Frederic Wood Jones, F.R.S, D.Sc., (who died on September 29 1954[27][28]) and an expert in human and comparative anatomy.

The research consisted of taking microphotographs of the hairs and comparing them with hairs from known animals such as bears and orangutans. Professor Woods-Jones concluded that the hairs of the Pangboche scalp were not actually from a scalp. He contended that some animals do have a ridge of hair extending from the pate to the back, but no animals have a ridge (as in the Pangboche relic) running from the base of the forehead across the pate and ending at the nape of the neck.

The hairs were black to dark brown in colour in dim light, and fox red in sunlight. None of the hairs had been dyed and were probably exceedingly old. During the study, the hairs were bleached, cut into sections and analysed microscopically. Wood-Jones was unable to pinpoint the animal from which the Pangboche hairs were taken. He was, however, convinced that the hairs were not of a bear or anthropoid ape. He suggested that the hairs were not from the head of a coarse-haired hoofed animal, but from its shoulder.

Late 20th century

Western interest in the Yeti peaked dramatically in the 1950s. While attempting to scale Mount Everest in 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a number of large prints in the snow, at about 6,000 m (19,685 ft) above sea level. These photos have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. Some argue they are the best evidence of Yeti's existence, while others contend the prints to be from a mundane creature, and have been distorted by the melting snow.

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reported seeing large footprints while scaling Mount Everest. But Hillary would later discount Yeti reports as unreliable.[30]

During the Daily Mail Snowman Expedition of 1954,[31] the largest search of its kind, the mountaineering leader John Angelo Jackson, made the first trek from Everest to Kangchenjunga during which he photographed symbolic paintings of the Yeti at Thyangboche Gompa.[32] Jackson tracked and photographed many footprints in the snow, most of which were identifiable. However, there were many large footprints which could not be identified. The flattened footprint-like indentations were attributed to erosion and subsequent widening of the original footprint by wind and particles.

Beginning in 1957, wealthy American oilman Tom Slick funded a few missions to investigate Yeti reports. In 1959, supposed Yeti feces were collected by Slick's expedition; fecal analysis found a parasite which could not be classified. Bernard Heuvelmans wrote, "Since each animal has its own parasites, this indicated that the host animal is equally an unknown animal." [33]

In 1959, actor Jimmy Stewart, while visiting India, reportedly smuggled remains of a supposed Yeti, the so-called Pangboche Hand, by concealing it in his luggage when he flew from India to London.[34]

In 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary mounted an expedition to collect and analyse physical evidence of the Yeti. He sent a Yeti "scalp" from the Khumjung monastery to the West for testing, whose results indicated the scalp to be manufactured from the skin of the serow, a goat-like Himalayan antelope. But some disagreed with this analysis. Shackley said that the "hairs from the scalp look distinctly monkey-like, and that it contains parasitic mites of a species different from that recovered from the serow."[citation needed]

In 1970, British mountaineer Don Whillans claims to have witnessed a creature when scaling Annapurna. While scouting for a campsite, Whillans heard some odd cries which his Sherpa guide attributed to a Yeti's call. That very night, Whillans saw a dark shape moving near his camp. The next day, he observed a few human-like footprints in the snow, and that evening, viewed with binoculars a bipedal, apelike creature for 20 minutes as it apparently searched for food not far from his camp.[citation needed]

[edit] In Shamanism

In Nepal, the Yeti is known not as a creature, but as a shamanist god by the name of Banjankri. The Yeti is encountered only in a trance state.

[edit] Analysis

In his book Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality,[2] primatologist John Napier provides firsthand reports and analysis on the subject, and argues that amongst the evidence for the Yeti, "unlike the Sasquatch, there is little uniformity of pattern, and what uniformity there is incriminates the bear."

In 2003, Japanese mountaineer Makoto Nebuka published the results of his twelve year linguistic study postulating that the word "Yeti" is actually a corruption of the word "meti", a regional dialect term for "bear". As in other traditional cultures, the ethnic Tibetans fear and worship the bear as a supernatural being.[35] Nebuka's claims were subject to almost immediate criticism, and was accused of linguistic carelessness. Dr Raj Kumar Pandey, who has researched both Yetis and mountain languages, said "it is not enough to blame tales of the mysterious beast of the Himalayas on words that rhyme but mean different things."[36]

After reviewing eyewitness accounts and physical evidence, many cryptozoologists [attribution needed] have concluded that Yeti reports are misidentification of mundane creatures. Well-financed expeditions have turned up little positive evidence of its existence, although one expedition to Bhutan did retrieve a hair sample that, after DNA analysis by Prof. Bryan Sykes, could not be matched to any known animal.[37]

In 1997, South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner claimed to have a face-to-face encounter with a Yeti. He has since written a book, My Quest for the Yeti, and claims to have actually killed one. According to Messner, the Yeti is actually the endangered Himalayan Brown Bear, Ursus arctos isabellinus, that can walk upright or on all fours.[38]

Enthusiasts speculate that these reported creatures could be present-day specimens of the extinct giant ape Gigantopithecus, as the only evidence recovered from Gigantopithecus (other than teeth) are jawbone remains indicating a skull atop a vertical spinal column (as in hominines and other bipedal apes such as Oreopithecus). However, while the Yeti is generally described as bipedal, most scientists believe Gigantopithicus to be quadrupedal, and so massive that, unless it evolved specifically as a bipedal ape (like Oreopithecus and the hominids), walking upright would have been even more difficult for the now extinct primate than it is for its extant quadrupedal relative, the orangutan.

In popular culture

The Yeti has become a cultural icon, appearing in movies, books and video games. The creature is usually depicted as the scary "Abominable Snowman", but is occasionally used as comic relief. In 2006, Disney opened a ride called "Expedition Everest" in Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. Inside the waiting area is a Yeti museum, complete with "Yeti-damaged" items and cement-cast footprints.

In the late 1990s, there was considerable rumor regarding the Yeti or a Yeti-like creature occuping southwestern Virginia. The rumors most likely stemed from a large individual with odd habits and a propensity for excess.

The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid (a legendary creature), claimed to inhabit Scotland's Loch Ness, the most voluminous freshwater lake in Great Britain. The creature's "scientific" name, chosen by the late Sir Peter Scott in Nature, is Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Greek for "the wonder of Ness with the diamond shaped fin").[1] Scottish politician Nicholas Fairbairn soon revealed that the name was an anagram for "Monster hoax by Sir Peter S".[2][3]

Along with Bigfoot and the Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster is one of the best-known mysteries of cryptozoology. Most scientists and other experts find current evidence supporting the creature's existence unpersuasive, and regard the occasional sightings as hoaxes or misidentification of known creatures or natural phenomena. Belief in the legend persists around the world, however. Local people, and later many around the world, have affectionately referred to the animal by the diminutive of Nessie (Scottish Gaelic: "Niseag").

For those that like polls. Rasmussen is a good one to watch on a daily basis, and it is the only daily I know about at this time.

King Kong Based on True Story (sort of)

by Dirk Vander Ploeg

"Elements of the 1933 Kong movie are based on the 1926 real-life expedition of William Douglas Burden, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History," says Gregg Mitman, a professor of the history of science and medical history at UW-Madison and an expert on how animals are portrayed in popular culture.

I don't know if he was a real adventurer or not, but he did what no one had done before. Captured a mythical creature thought only to exist in superstition and fairy tales.

"Burden traveled to Indonesia to film and capture the Komodo dragon, which he thought was the closest living relative of dinosaurs," he says. "When Burden brought back two live Komodo specimens and housed them in captivity in the Bronx Zoo, they died. Meridan Cooper, producer of the 1933 film version of Kong, wrote at the time, 'I immediately thought of doing the same thing with a giant gorilla.'"

Correspondence indicated that Burden attributed the Komodo dragon's death to modern civilization. "This is why Cooper chose the Empire State Building and modern airplanes to kill off Kong. They were fitting symbols of civilization and the machine age that many feared were destroying nature," stated Mitman.

The film's enduring appeal could be based on our endless hope for happiness, which in this case is the opportunity for love between the beauty and the beast. It is this unrequited love that makes the story believable and so very human. The tale begins on an island paradise - unspoiled by modern man. The current movie builds on the 1976 version and the 1933 classic original. Kong is reminiscent of the restorative properties of nature in all its glory.

"The explorers believed that through hunting, with the camera or the gun in remote regions of the earth, following in the footsteps of Teddy Roosevelt, that their own manhood, threatened by material comfort and moral complacency, could be restored," Mitman adds. "In the wilds of nature, the trappings of civilization might be shed, one's character laid bare and a more authentic self found."

William Douglas Burden described his first encounter with the Komodo Dragon like this: Behold the Living Dragon, the Komodo Dragon. Living on a tiny island called Komodo, the ancestors of these giant lizards were walking the earth in prehistoric times as long as 40 - 60 million years ago. While they can not fly or breathe fire, Komodo Dragons can grow up to ten feet long and weigh as much as four hundred pounds. Armed with razor sharp teeth, the real-life dragon is capable of swallowing up to 80% of its own body weight in one meal. Read on to learn more about the Komodo Dragon.

"[He] approached step by step, the great bulk of his body held clear of the ground...the black beady eyes flashing in their deep sockets... A hoary customer, black as dead lava... Occasionally, he stopped and raised himself on those iron forelegs to look around. ...

Nearer he came and nearer... with grim head swinging heavily from side to side. I remembered all the fantastic stories I had heard of these creatures attacking both men and horses, and was in no way reassured. Now listening to the short hissing that came like a gust of evil wind, and observing the action of that darting, snake-like tongue, that seemed to sense the very fear that held me, I was affected in a manner not easy to relate. ...

The creature was now less than five yards away, and its subtle reptilian smell was in my nostrils. Too late to leap from hiding-if I did, he would surely spring upon me, rendering me and devouring my remains as he had devoured the dead deer. Better to take my chances where I lay, so I closed my eyes and waited."

William Burden definately was not a coward and reminds me of those daring explorers and adverturers such as H. Rider Haggard's hero Allan Quartermain of King Solomon's Mines.

Who invented the Frisbee?
Answer:

The Frisbee was invented in 1957 by a Californian UFO enthusiast named Walter Frederick. But he didn't call it a Frisbee. The Wham-O company bought his idea for a toy saucer, and later named it after a popular pie restaurant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. William Frisbie's pies were very popular with kids who liked to throw the tins around after they ate the pie! Hence, the Frisbee!

Mammoths

Three species of mammoths (genus Mammuthus) lived on the mainland of the United States at the end of the last Ice Age. These were the Columbian mammoth (M. columbi), Jefferson's mammoth (M. jeffersonii), and the woolly mammoth (M. primigenius). Of these, Jefferson's mammoth and the woolly mammoth have been identified from the midwestern U.S.
Mammoths, mastodons and modern elephants, are members of the order Proboscidea. The mammoths are closely related to the living elephants, especially to the Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus).
As adults these late-occuring mammoths stood between about 3 and 3.7 meters (10-12 feet) at the shoulder and weighed between 5500 and 7300 kilograms (6-8 tons).

Mammoth Teeth

The teeth of mammoths are quite distinctive. They are composed of a set of compressed enamel plates that are held together with cementum. These cemented plates make a very tall, strong, and wear-resistant tooth. After a tooth erupts from the gum cavity, the mammoth uses it in grinding coarse vegetation like grass. This use causes the tooth to develop a flat top with low enamel ridges where the plates have been worn.
The tall structure of these hypsodont (shallow-rooted) teeth make them very resistant to wear. This is important because mammoths are thought to have been primarily grass-eaters. Grass is a very hard material to eat. It has small pieces of silica (a glass-like substance) in its leaves. These pieces of silica act like sandpaper grit and would wear away a less resistant tooth very quickly.
Mammoths are frequently found as fossils in the midwestern U.S. Most often isolated teeth are found. Mammoth fossils are most common in areas that were covered by savannas, grasslands, or tundra during the last Ice Age. This map shows some of the important mammoth finds in the region.
Approximately 1.5 to 1.8 million years ago the first mammoths entered North America. These mammoths came from Eurasia, crossing the Bering Strait at a time when sea level was lower than today. The first mammoths from Eurasia belonged to a species called M. meridionalis. The descendants of this species of mammoth included both the Columbian and Jefferson's mammoths. The woolly mammoths evolved in Eurasia and came over the Bering Strait much later (perhaps less than 500,000 years ago). Approximately 11,000 years ago all species of mammoths went extinct in North America.
Find out more about this extinction.
Although only bone and teeth of mammoths are preserved in the Midwestern U.S., the Illinois State Museum also has a sample of mammoth hair from Siberia.

This photograph shows a sample of hair from the Yuribei Mammoth. The Yuribei Mammoth was found along the Yuribei River on the Gyda Penisula, NW Siberia, Russia. It is a young adult, female mammoth. She was covered with a long and thick, brownish haircoat, an example of which is shown above. Radiocarbon dating indicates that she lived about 11,000 years ago.
The Yuribei Mammoth was collected in 1979 by a multidisciplinary team representing three institutes of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
The hair sample shown here was presented to the Illinois State Museum in 1991 by Dr. Gennady Baryshnikov, of the History of Faunas Department of the Zoological Insitute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.

An Early History of 8-Track

by Abigail Lavine

William Powell Lear, the man behind LearJet, was also the inventor of the 8-track cartridge tape system. During the early 1960s, a number of shell-encased continuous-loop audiotape systems coexisted. Lear's 8-track was by no means the first such system, in fact, the Lear cartridge is in most respects identical to the 4-track tape which came before it. The main mechanical difference between the two systems is that in a 4-track, the pinch roller is part of the player, whereas in an 8-track, the pinch roller is part of the tape cartridge.
This refinement was probably intended to reduce tape tangling (and any tracker can tell you how well that works), as well as to help Lear secure a patent for his invention. Another difference between them is that 4-track divided the tape itself into four channels (tracks), comprising two stereo programs. This restricted the total playing time to something like 40 minutes, because of the limited length of tape which could be contained within a cartridge. Lear divided the tape into eight channels (tracks).
While this doubled the potential playing time of the cartridge, it also created a new problem. Both systems involve a tape head which repositions itself along the width of the tape in order to change programs. This means that the slightest misalignment of the tape head (or for that matter of the tape itself within the cartridge) in an 8-track system means that you hear shadows of other tracks bleeding into the program which is playing. A 4-track, with its wider channels, is more forgiving of misalignment.
While some of Lear's improvements over 4-track are a bit dubious, his real refinements were in the area of marketing. All 1966 Fords offered a factory installed in-dash 8-track player. In the 1967 model year, Chrysler and GM offered the same. By the late 1960s, several companies were making players for the other tape loop systems, including 4-track, but the only serious competition came from cassette tapes (which appeared at around the same time as 8-tracks) and the almighty vinyl records.
Eight-track tapes were with us for quite a long time. 8-track was the preeminent portable and car audio format of the 1970s. Record clubs like Columbia House offered 8-track tapes well into the 1980s (Madonna's early albums, for example, as well as Michael Jackson's "Thriller," were offered to club members on 8-track). Although there are reports that brand-new tapes are still coming out of Nashville with truckers as the intended audience, these sightings have not been confirmed.

The Zulu Kingdom

Towards the end of the 18th century, all over southern Africa small tribal groups were amalgamating into larger communities. This was by no means a peaceful process, but the result of protracted wars. The rise of the Zulu Kingdom falls into this period. Through incredible atrocities and cruelties the infamous Zulu warrior Shaka gained control over a number of Zulu clans. He expanded his territory systematically. Shaka's warriors raided Zulu villages and burnt them down. Women and children were gored to death; young men were called up and chiefs tortured and forced into allegiance.

Shaka was the illegitimate son of the Zulu chief Senzangakhona and the young girl Nandi, a member of the Langeni clan. As a young man, Shaka joined the army of Dingiswayo and soon became its highest commander. With the support of Dingiswayo he gained supremacy over the Zulu clan, enforcing his claimagainst his opponents with the most ferocious brutality. Under Shaka the Zulu territory expanded phenomenally. All the clans had to subject themselves to the one leader. At the beginning of the 19th century, Shaka had created the most powerful kingdom in the whole of southern Africa.

Towards the end of his reign, Shaka used his power even more destructively. He chased his army from one battle to the next, and the cruelties against his enemies became more outrageous. Eventually Shaka was assassinated by his half-brother Dingane in 1828.

For southern Africa an irreversible process of restructuring came to an end with Shaka's death. Thousands of people had become refugees, fights between settlers and refugees broke out everywhere, and all these disturbances led to regroupings. At the end of this period, the small and widespread chief-led clans had disappeared and were replaced by bigger communities which had come together merely for reasons of safety and self-defence.

'The US is considering introducing a limited military draft if it is to keep its present force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pentagon advisers have warned British colleagues. Next month, us forces in Iraq will peak at around 170,000, and GIs in the new units are being told they could be on operations for at least 15 months.

Over Memorial Day weekend, Americans have been faced by the grim statistic that in the year since the last Memorial Day, very nearly 1,000 us military have been killed in Iraq, and many more wounded. These are the worst casualty rates since the coalition invaded Iraq in March 2003.

'As part of its growing intelligence operations within the United States, the FBI has increased its surreptitious entry and search missions, according to an unclassified bureau document.

"The refocusing of FBI operational priorities and the new emphasis placed on intelligence-based activities. . . has resulted in a dramatic increase" in the demand for so-called 'black bag" jobs, in which teams of highly-trained specialists covertly enter a home or office, search its contents and leave without indicating they had been there, states the budget document. It does not detail how many of the secret searches it carries out, and the FBI did not respond to comment.

The bureau is asking Congress for an additional $5 million to pay for the operations, and over a dozen new specialized personnel.

In the past, most of the FBI's secret search operations were related to criminal investigations, according to the document. Last year, close to 90 percent of such operations are for 'national security matters,' it asserts.

"It's obviously troubling that people's homes are being searched and they may never learn of it - if they're never charged with a crime," said Lisa Graves of the Center for National Security Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank which studies intelligence policy and constitutional issues. Graves told the Blotter on ABCNews.com she does not believe the searches receive judicial oversight.'

how much you wanna bet the search are all conducted on dems?

'Despite claims by the United States that there is "irrefutable evidence" that Iran is smuggling weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Defense Minister of Afghanistan today disputed those claims.

"There has been no evidence of these weapons being linked it to Iran," said Abdurrahim Wardak in an interview with the Associated Press in Brussels today. "It is entirely possible that (they) are from the drug mafia or from other sources."

the same lies to lead us into yet another war for oil... and yet the cons in this country arre stupid enough to fall for it all over again.

'Private security companies, funded by billions of dollars in U.S. military and State Department contracts, are fighting insurgents on a widening scale in Iraq, enduring daily attacks, returning fire and taking hundreds of casualties that have been underreported and concealed, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials and company representatives.'

your tax dollars folks. guess you cons don't care how your money gets flushed down the toilet.

The Office of Special Counsel, which has already recommended that GSA chief Lurita Doan be suspended or fired for participating in partisan activities while on the job, is now moving forward with its investigation of nearly 20 other administration agencies.

Eighteen agencies have been asked by the Office of Special Counsel to preserve electronic information dating back to January 2001 as part of its governmentwide investigation into alleged violations of the law that limits political activity in federal agencies.

The OSC task force investigating the claims has asked agencies, including the General Services Administration, to preserve all e-mail records, calendar information, phone logs and hard drives going back to the beginning of the Bush administration. The task force is headed by deputy OSC special counsel James Byrne.

The White House has admitted that roughly 20 agencies have received a PowerPoint briefing created by Karl Rove's office "that included slides listing Democratic and Republican seats the White House viewed as vulnerable in 2008, a map of contested Senate seats and other information on 2008 election strategy."

Politicization of the federal government has been illegal for decades. The 1939 Hatch Act specifically prohibits partisan campaign or electoral activities on federal government property, including federal agencies. But in 2005, Ken Mehlman, formerly one of Bush's top political advisers, outlined the White House's strategy of utilizing government resources for partisan gain:

One of the things that can happen in Washington when you work in an agency is that you forget who sent you there. And it's important to remind people that you're George Bush people. ... If there's one empire I want built, it's the George Bush empire. [One Party Country, p. 102]

With that imperial partisanship in mind, the Bush White House has engaged in an unprecedented quest to politicize the federal government, giving briefings and PowerPoint presentations everywhere from the Interior Department to NASA on how to secure Republican victories. Said one Interior Department manager, "We were constantly being reminded about how our decisions could affect electoral results" (One Party Country, p. 103). Bush loyalists in federal agencies have also helped generate millions for favored political candidates.

Justin: The effects of having to run against Steve Laffey in the Republican Primary didn't "do in" Lincoln Chaffee. George W. Bush did in Linc. It's that simple.

Sorry, Chris, but I just don't buy your assessment of Colorado. When you've got far more liberal left states like Minnesota and Oregon how can you put a conservative state like Colorado at #1?

I think a lot of people will be shocked when the first set of polls come out showing Schaffer in the lead. You're right that the MO for both campaigns is to marginalize eachother as too fringy for the state. I think Udall with have a tougher time of things. Colorado is a lot closer to Schaffer than Udall.

An infection of nail fungus (onychomycosis) occurs when fungi infect one or more of your nails. Onychomycosis (on-i-ko-mi-KO-sis) usually begins as a white or yellow spot under the tip of your fingernail or toenail. As the nail fungus spreads deeper into your nail, it may cause your nail to discolor, thicken and develop crumbling edges -- an unsightly and potentially painful problem.
Infections of nail fungus account for about half of all nail disorders. These infections usually develop on nails continually exposed to warm, moist environments, such as sweaty shoes or shower floors. Nail fungus isn't the same as athlete's foot, which primarily affects the skin of the feet, but at times the two may coexist and can be caused by the same type of fungus.
An infection with nail fungus may be difficult to treat, and infections may recur. But medications are available to help clear up nail fungus permanently.
You may have a nail fungal infection if one or more of your nails are:
· Thickened
· Brittle, crumbly or ragged
· Distorted in shape
· Flat or dull, having lost luster and shine
· Yellow, green, brown or black in color, caused by debris building up under your nail
Infected nails may also separate from the nail bed, a condition called onycholysis. You may even feel pain in your toes or fingertips and detect a slightly foul odor.
Fungi are microscopic organisms that don't need sunlight to survive. Some fungi have beneficial uses, while others cause illness and infection.
Nail fungal infections are typically caused by a fungus that belongs to a group of fungi called dermatophytes. But yeasts and molds also can be responsible for nail fungal infections. All of these microscopic organisms live in warm, moist environments, including swimming pools and showers. They can invade your skin through tiny invisible cuts or through a small separation between your nail and nail bed. They cause problems only if your nails are continually exposed to warmth and moisture -- conditions perfect for the growth and spread of fungi.
Infection with nail fungus is more common in toenails than in fingernails because toenails are often confined in a dark, warm, moist environment inside your shoes -- where fungi can thrive. Another reason may be the diminished blood circulation to the toes as compared with the fingers.
Nail fungus is more common among older adults because nails grow more slowly and thicken with aging, making them more susceptible to infection. Nail fungus also tends to affect men more than women and those with a family history of this infection.
However, these factors can increase your risk of developing nail fungus:
· Smoking
· Perspiring heavily
· Working in a humid or moist environment
· Wearing socks and shoes that hinder ventilation and don't absorb perspiration
· Walking barefoot in damp public places, such as swimming pools, gyms and shower rooms
You're also more likely to develop nail fungus if you have:
· A minor skin or nail injury, a damaged nail or another infection
· Diabetes, circulation problems or a weakened immune system
Once a nail fungal infection begins, it can persist indefinitely if not treated. See your doctor at the first sign of nail fungus, which is often a tiny white or yellow spot under the tip of your nail.
Nail fungal infections can be painful and may cause permanent damage to your nails. They may also lead to other serious infections that can spread beyond your feet.
In addition, they can pose a serious health risk for people with diabetes and for those with weakened immune systems. If you have diabetes, your blood circulation and the nerve supply to your feet can become impaired. Therefore, any relatively minor injury to your feet -- including a nail fungal infection -- can lead to a more serious complication, such as an open sore (foot ulcer) that's difficult to heal. See your doctor immediately if you suspect nail fungus.
The first step to beating nail fungus is getting a diagnosis. Your doctor will likely examine your nails first. To test for fungi, your doctor may scrape some debris from under your nail for analysis.
The debris can be examined under a microscope or cultured in a lab to identify what is causing the infection. Other conditions, such as psoriasis, can mimic a fungal infection of the nail. Microorganisms, including yeast and bacteria, also can infect nails. Knowing the cause of your infection helps determine the best course of treatment.
Nail fungus can be difficult to treat, and repeated infections are common. Over-the-counter antifungal nail creams and ointments are available, but they aren't very effective. Fortunately, other nonsurgical treatments have been introduced during the last 10 years.
Oral medications
To treat nail fungus, your doctor may prescribe an oral antifungal medication, such as:
· Itraconazole (Sporanox)
· Fluconazole (Diflucan)
· Terbinafine (Lamisil)
These medications help a new nail grow free of infection, slowly replacing the infected portion of your nail. You typically take these medications for six to 12 weeks but won't see the end result of treatment until the nail grows back completely. It may take four to 12 months to eliminate an infection. Recurrent infections are possible, especially if you continue to expose your nails to warm, moist conditions. Antifungal drugs may also cause side effects ranging from skin rashes to liver damage. Doctors may not recommend them for people with liver disease or congestive heart failure or for those taking certain medications.
Other treatment options
Your doctor may also suggest these treatments:
· Antifungal lacquer. If you have a mild to moderate infection of nail fungus, your doctor may prefer to prescribe an antifungal nail polish. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a topical antifungal lacquer called ciclopirox (Penlac), which you paint onto your infected nails and surrounding skin once a day. After seven days, you wipe the piled-on layers clean with alcohol and begin fresh applications. Daily use of Penlac for up to one year or longer has been shown to help clear nail fungal infections, but researchers found that it cured the infections in less than 10 percent of people using it.
· Topical medications. Your doctor may also opt for other topical antifungal medications, such as econazole nitrate (Spectazole). In some cases, you may be advised to use these creams with an over-the-counter lotion containing urea to help speed up absorption. Topical medications usually don't provide a cure but may be used in conjunction with oral medications.
If your nail infection is severe or extremely painful, your doctor may suggest removing your nail. A new nail will usually grow in its place.

In Wyoming's vacant seat, everything's up in the air. The state GOP will submit a list of 3 names (out of 31 applicants)to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) by June 19th. This state's about as red as you can get, but the Dems' prospects arent hopeless. Many factors determine the competitiveness of the seat, including:

1.) Who will be appointed?

Will Freudenthal appoint the weakest GOPer he can? I highly doubt he'll hurt HIS OWN credibility by appointing an ethically challenged person. Plus, the state GOP won't let him. Or will he appoint an acceptable, but not exciting or beloved, person?

2.) Who wants it the most??

The appointed Senator certainly can retire, but since the appointees must first apply, that's not likely. Many of these applicants may reaally want this seat, and may challenge the incumbent in the primary. In any state a tough primary weakens the incumbent in the general (like Linc Chafee in '06), but in Wyoming it's not the kiss of death for the GOP.

3.) What's Dave doing?

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is an extremely popular Governor, and would be THE strongest candidate for the Senate seat. If he runs, it's his race to lose. He has already stated he won't challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in 2008, but an open race is a different story. RUN DAVE RUN!

In Wyoming's vacant seat, everything's up in the air. The state GOP will submit a list of 3 names (out of 31 applicants)to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) by June 19th. This state's about as red as you can get, but the Dems' prospects arent hopeless. Many factors determine the competitiveness of the seat, including:

1.) Who will be appointed?

Will Freudenthal appoint the weakest GOPer he can? I highly doubt he'll hurt HIS OWN credibility by appointing an ethically challenged person. Plus, the state GOP won't let him. Or will he appoint an acceptable, but not exciting or beloved, person?

2.) Who wants it the most??

The appointed Senator certainly can retire, but since the appointees must first apply, that's not likely. Many of these applicants may reaally want this seat, and may challenge the incumbent in the primary. In any state a tough primary weakens the incumbent in the general (like Linc Chafee in '06), but in Wyoming it's not the kiss of death for the GOP.

3.) What's Dave doing?

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is an extremely popular Governor, and would be THE strongest candidate for the Senate seat. If he runs, it's his race to lose. He has already stated he won't challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in 2008, but an open race is a different story. RUN DAVE RUN!

In Wyoming's vacant seat, everything's up in the air. The state GOP will submit a list of 3 names (out of 31 applicants)to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) by June 19th. This state's about as red as you can get, but the Dems' prospects arent hopeless. Many factors determine the competitiveness of the seat, including:

1.) Who will be appointed?

Will Freudenthal appoint the weakest GOPer he can? I highly doubt he'll hurt HIS OWN credibility by appointing an ethically challenged person. Plus, the state GOP won't let him. Or will he appoint an acceptable, but not exciting or beloved, person?

2.) Who wants it the most??

The appointed Senator certainly can retire, but since the appointees must first apply, that's not likely. Many of these applicants may reaally want this seat, and may challenge the incumbent in the primary. In any state a tough primary weakens the incumbent in the general (like Linc Chafee in '06), but in Wyoming it's not the kiss of death for the GOP.

3.) What's Dave doing?

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is an extremely popular Governor, and would be THE strongest candidate for the Senate seat. If he runs, it's his race to lose. He has already stated he won't challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in 2008, but an open race is a different story. RUN DAVE RUN!

In Wyoming's vacant seat, everything's up in the air. The state GOP will submit a list of 3 names (out of 31 applicants)to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) by June 19th. This state's about as red as you can get, but the Dems' prospects arent hopeless. Many factors determine the competitiveness of the seat, including:

1.) Who will be appointed?

Will Freudenthal appoint the weakest GOPer he can? I highly doubt he'll hurt HIS OWN credibility by appointing an ethically challenged person. Plus, the state GOP won't let him. Or will he appoint an acceptable, but not exciting or beloved, person?

2.) Who wants it the most??

The appointed Senator certainly can retire, but since the appointees must first apply, that's not likely. Many of these applicants may reaally want this seat, and may challenge the incumbent in the primary. In any state a tough primary weakens the incumbent in the general (like Linc Chafee in '06), but in Wyoming it's not the kiss of death for the GOP.

3.) What's Dave doing?

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is an extremely popular Governor, and would be THE strongest candidate for the Senate seat. If he runs, it's his race to lose. He has already stated he won't challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in 2008, but an open race is a different story. RUN DAVE RUN!

What the hell? Sorry didn't mean to post it 3 times....don't know how the f*** that happened

In Wyoming's vacant seat, everything's up in the air. The state GOP will submit a list of 3 names (out of 31 applicants)to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) by June 19th. This state's about as red as you can get, but the Dems' prospects arent hopeless. Many factors determine the competitiveness of the seat, including:

1.) Who will be appointed?

Will Freudenthal appoint the weakest GOPer he can? I highly doubt he'll hurt HIS OWN credibility by appointing an ethically challenged person. Plus, the state GOP won't let him. Or will he appoint an acceptable, but not exciting or beloved, person?

2.) Who wants it the most??

The appointed Senator certainly can retire, but since the appointees must first apply, that's not likely. Many of these applicants may reaally want this seat, and may challenge the incumbent in the primary. In any state a tough primary weakens the incumbent in the general (like Linc Chafee in '06), but in Wyoming it's not the kiss of death for the GOP.

3.) What's Dave doing?

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is an extremely popular Governor, and would be THE strongest candidate for the Senate seat. If he runs, it's his race to lose. He has already stated he won't challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in 2008, but an open race is a different story. RUN DAVE RUN!

In Wyoming's vacant seat, everything's up in the air. The state GOP will submit a list of 3 names (out of 31 applicants)to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) by June 19th. This state's about as red as you can get, but the Dems' prospects arent hopeless. Many factors determine the competitiveness of the seat, including:

1.) Who will be appointed?

Will Freudenthal appoint the weakest GOPer he can? I highly doubt he'll hurt HIS OWN credibility by appointing an ethically challenged person. Plus, the state GOP won't let him. Or will he appoint an acceptable, but not exciting or beloved, person?

2.) Who wants it the most??

The appointed Senator certainly can retire, but since the appointees must first apply, that's not likely. Many of these applicants may reaally want this seat, and may challenge the incumbent in the primary. In any state a tough primary weakens the incumbent in the general (like Linc Chafee in '06), but in Wyoming it's not the kiss of death for the GOP.

3.) What's Dave doing?

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is an extremely popular Governor, and would be THE strongest candidate for the Senate seat. If he runs, it's his race to lose. He has already stated he won't challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in 2008, but an open race is a different story. RUN DAVE RUN!

In Wyoming's vacant seat, everything's up in the air. The state GOP will submit a list of 3 names (out of 31 applicants)to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) by June 19th. This state's about as red as you can get, but the Dems' prospects arent hopeless. Many factors determine the competitiveness of the seat, including:

1.) Who will be appointed?

Will Freudenthal appoint the weakest GOPer he can? I highly doubt he'll hurt HIS OWN credibility by appointing an ethically challenged person. Plus, the state GOP won't let him. Or will he appoint an acceptable, but not exciting or beloved, person?

2.) Who wants it the most??

The appointed Senator certainly can retire, but since the appointees must first apply, that's not likely. Many of these applicants may reaally want this seat, and may challenge the incumbent in the primary. In any state a tough primary weakens the incumbent in the general (like Linc Chafee in '06), but in Wyoming it's not the kiss of death for the GOP.

3.) What's Dave doing?

Gov. Dave Freudenthal is an extremely popular Governor, and would be THE strongest candidate for the Senate seat. If he runs, it's his race to lose. He has already stated he won't challenge Sen. Mike Enzi (R) in 2008, but an open race is a different story. RUN DAVE RUN!

to Poor:

"Non-military mandatory service does not have even that glimmer of legitimacy."

Well, actually, at least one civic duty is mandatory for free adult citizens, in war or peace, within the framework of the constitution and the cases.

Give up?

Jury duty [without question, from the beginning of the republic]. And it can be for a year or more at a time. Ask the jurors in the AT&T anti-trust case if they did not feel conscripted!

The "raising of an Army" has been upheld since the Civil War and your view of the Constitution would not prevail in time of war or national emergency, as you know.

I also do not think it would prevail during a pandemic, if health care workers were conscripted as civilians to fight the national emergency.

Conscription also works without war or emergency as a duty incident to maintaining a professional license - ask any court appointed attorney suffering through trying to maintain a practice while defending some poor bastard at the Court's "request".

Ike had sought a National Service Draft back in 1953, like the one I dashed off earlier today - but it was shot down -
I do not remember why.

I suppose the models for voluntary programs would include the CCC and WPA as well as the Peace Corps and TeachForAmerica.

to lyle: hell, you must have been able to drink everyone under the table!

Any word on Wyoming?

Mark in Austin: One beer is not much much, but if GW drank three or more he would get a pretty good buzz. The key here is ones tolerance. From reports, GW has not drank for many years and the tolerance he had back in his alchol and drug abuse days would be greatly diminished. I've seen people well over 200 lbs. that would stagger on only two of these "Near Beers". In my younger days my weight was usually in the 150's and at 5'8" I could drink twelve or more and still have only a slight buzz. My tolerance was very high.

:)

CC shows his true colors. GOP winning in 3 of the four? I doubt it. What polls are you following, CC? What country are you living in? The proof is in the pudding. do you have any proof to go along with your Fox-like assurtions

Some might argue that the constitution gives Congress the right to raise an army therefore conscription for the military is legal. The issue is that the Constitution was actually written as a code of rules to protect the rights claimed in the Bill of rights from the government

So the government can no take away your liberty-conscription being just that.

I can't accept military conscription as constitutional. Some do.

Non-military mandatory service does not have even that glimmer of legitimacy.

It sounds like to those who think like old farts about younger folks and justify on the basis that 'it's just what thoses LA's need"

I am with you though on the voluntary as long as the program is intelligent. I Like tying it into the reduction of student loan debt sort of-as long as that doesn't become some sort of governmental debtors prison.

HAve a number of freinds who did Peace Corps. They had very great experiences that helped them grow professionally if you believe them.

We have to ask all of those folks who want a bigger military, a surge in Iraq, A third war with Iran (bomb-bomb-bomb...bomb-bomb Iran. that's just the beginning. Iraq started that way and look what it got us.) how they are going to get the number of troops they want.

At least I got through my 1-A. I have freinds