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Math & Design in the Universe - Updated

Math is the universal language, but it is not a human construct. Sure, we create symbols for numbers and mathematical computations, but math itself is more fundamental. 2 + 2 = 4 is universally true, universal in the sense that everywhere in the universe it is true. It does not matter what symbols we create to communicate “2 + 2 = 4” — the equation always remains true. This math can be used so precisely to describe and understand the universe, it is almost as if it is part of the universe itself. A language imbedded in creation, something so...

<p>Hillary Clinton's PI Anthony Pellicano starts his trial today on two felony counts of possessing unregistered firearms (handgrenades) and C-4 explosives. He was arrested November 2002 after FBI agents searched his office as part of an investigation into threats made to Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch, who was investigating a possible connection between actor Steven Seagal and an alleged Mafia associate.</p>

Philippine troops slay top Abu Sayyaf guerilla involved in US hostage killing ZAMBOANGA -- A Muslim Abu Sayyaf guerilla suspected of involvement in the 2001 killing of a US hostage was shot dead and two other rebels captured in separate police operations in the southern Philippines, an official said on Wednesday. Senior Abu Sayyaf leader Que Alkisam Alfa was killed in a gunbattle on Monday when troops caught up with him in a coastal town in southern Tawi-Tawi province, regional police chief Acmad Omar said. Alfa had escaped from nearby Basilan island last year amid a massive military manhunt. He...

U.S. June personal income rose 0.3 pct Friday August 1, 8:28 am ET WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department personal income and spending estimates, in seasonally adjusted annual rates. Percent Changes, current dollars . June May Apr Mar Personal Income 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 Wages/Salaries 0.3 0.2 unch 0.2 Disposable Income 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 Personal Consumption 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.8 Durables 0.4 0.4 2.6 3.1 Nondurables 0.4 unch -1.3 0.9 Services 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4 Saving Rate, pct 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 Percent Changes, chained '96 dollars . June May Apr Mar Personal Consumption 0.1 0.5 0.3...

<p>Today: Philippine troops trained and armed by U.S. special forces have the notorious Abu Sayyaf rebels on the run, but Filipino Muslim separatists say the campaign tramples on their struggle for rights.</p> <p>Monday: An exclusive visit to the captured camp of "Commander Bravo," a key leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, provides an inside look at the war between Philippine forces and the rebels. .</p>

Manila says 50 rebels killed in anti-terror strikeZAMBOANGA - Government troops have killed more than 50 Muslim separatist guerillas in a major anti-terrorist operation in southern Philippines, a senior military official said on Sunday. Government troops opened extensive ground operations against the separatist bases after Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered 'selective aerial and artillery attacks to dislodge embedded terrorist cells'. The military fired at least 135 artillery rounds on Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) positions in two areas of Mindanao island over the past 24 hours, southern Philippines military chief Major General Roy Kyamco told reporters, though no bodies have...

Indon hostage escapes Abu Sayyaf captorsPosted: 5:03 PM (Manila Time) | Mar. 28, 2003 Agence France-Presse ZAMBOANGA--An Indonesian sailor held captive by Abu Sayyaf gunmen in Mindanao has escaped during a military offensive, ending nine months in captivity, the military said Friday. Two kidnapped Indonesians remain unaccounted for following the recovery of 27 year-old Julkipli. The authorities said they could not independently confirm his report that one of his colleagues died in captivity. Troops engaged an Abu Sayyaf unit in a gunbattle near the town of Patikul on Jolo island late Thursday, allowing Julkipli, 27, to give his captors the...

KL nabs two JI membersKUALA LUMPUR -- Police have arrested a Malaysian air force official and a library security guard on suspicion that they are members of the Islamic terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which has been blamed for the Oct 12 Bali bombings, police said on Saturday.The suspects are believed to belong to a JI cell that in the past has arranged accommodation and transport for new recruits traveling through Malaysia on their way to terrorist training camps in the southern Philippines. Both Malaysian, the two were detained in Sabah state on Borneo island, a senior police official said...

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The Nadir Nader of Irrelevancy On behalf of disgruntled Sacramento Kings fans (and people who just plain hate the L.A. Lakers) everywhere, "consumer advocate" and former Green Party Presidential aspirant Ralph Nader blasted the National Basketball Association (NBA) yesterday for what he deemed "decisive incompetence." Like hundreds of thousands of other armchair referees, Nader directed his ire toward the officials for Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, which apparently took place sometime last week. (NBA fan, I am not.) Nader demanded that NBA commissioner David Stern--and the United States Congress (just kidding)--launch an investigation into the officiating of the...

Suspected terroristsarrested at NAIAPosted: 7:07 PM (Manila Time) | Mar. 15, 2002By INQ7.net SUSPECTED terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network were arrested Friday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after security personnel discovered explosives and bomb-making equipment in their handcarried luggage during metal detector checks, a report from GMA-7 News said. The report aired over GMA-7's Saksi newscast revealed three Indonesians – Agus Dwikarna, 41 years old, Tamsil Linrung, 38, and Abdul Jamal Balfas, 37 – were pounced upon by airport security at the NAIA entrance before checking in for a Lufthansa LH 745 flight bound for...