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WASHINGTON, May 16, 2008 – Award-winning actor and part-time rocker Gary Sinise and the "Lt. Dan Band” jammed for a standing-room-only crowd in the courtyard of the Pentagon today. Hollywood actor and part-time rocker Gary Sinise performs at the 4th Annual America Supports You Military Tribute Concert as part of the Military Appreciation Month celebrations. Sinise and “The Lt. Dan Band” jammed for a standing-room-only crowd packed into the courtyard of the Pentagon. Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “Rocking at the Pentagon,” Sinise exclaimed mid-set for a much-appreciative audience. The...

Mysterious Meteorites Stymie Scientists Anne Minard for National Geographic NewsMarch 12, 2008 A pair of mysterious meteorites discovered in Antarctica is baffling scientists who are struggling to determine the origin of the space rocks. The meteorites, dubbed GRA 06128 and GRA 06129, were found in the Graves Nunataks region of Antarctica in 2006 (see an interactive map of Antarctica). The rocks were oddly rusty and salty and smelled like rotten eggs, its discoverers said. Initially, a team at the University of New Mexico (UNM) caused a stir when its analysis hinted that the pair may hail from Venus or the...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza – Yusuf Tayem is a victim, yet he is ultimately a story of inspiration. In some ways, he's a victim of his environment – both Palestinian rhetoric and Israeli occupation – encouraged him to throw stones at Israeli soldiers. All the kids did on the way back from school. In America, kids may ride a skateboard home. In Gaza in 2001, kids threw stones. One day, the stone-throwing turned especially nasty and an Israeli soldier fired back, shooting Yusuf, who was 12 years old at the time, through the neck, leaving him paralyzed below the waist. That's...

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Two Texas Target stores have served as scenes of embarrassment for the brick-and-mortar retail chain after an angry mother discovered rocks inside the box that was supposed to contain a shiny new $350 iPod. The box, which weighed as much as the iPod it was supposed to contain, was destined as a birthday gift to her teenage daughter. Upon returning to the store, Target employees believed the story but said they were sold out of that particular iPod model and that the woman was not allowed a refund in cash because she had purchased the device on her Target card....

Russia's Arctic Claim Backed By Rocks, Officials Say Richard A. Lovett for National Geographic News September 21, 2007 Rock samples retrieved last month from beneath the Arctic Ocean indicate that the North Pole is part of Mother Russia, the Russian government announced yesterday. The Russians contend that the Lomonosov Ridge, an undersea structure running across the Arctic Ocean beneath the pole, is a geological extension of the Russian region of Siberia. Under international law, Russia could lay claim to the potentially oil-rich seabed under the Arctic ice if it can prove that the ridge is part of the country's continental...

(New York - WABC, June 18, 2007) - A large steam explosion struck Midtown Manhattan on the east side Wednesday evening. Subway service through Grand Central is affected. There have been 12 confirmed injuries. It happened near 41st Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenue. The entire area from 41st Street to 47 Street in and around Third Avenue and Park Avenue has been evacuated and closed. The NYPD says a steam pipe exploded at 6:10 p.m. People were seen running from the scene, screaming and shouting amid an enormous roaring sound and a plume of steam and flying rubble. It...

EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) - A man irritated by children throwing rocks at his house shot and killed a 9-year-old boy, police said Tuesday. Officers were called shortly Monday afternoon and found Demotric Moore with a gunshot wound to the neck. The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital. Officers saw Jonathan Watts, 50, inside his home, ordered him to the ground and arrested him. "I've had it with these kids and the rock throwing," Watts said as he was being handcuffed, El Dorado police Capt. David Smith said. Watts told officers that he'd thrown the gun away. Initial calls...

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2007 – The devil may have gone down to Georgia, but Charlie Daniels stopped off at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., to show his appreciation to the servicemembers stationed there May 16. Charlie Daniels plays his legendary licks for about 5,500 servicemembers, families and friends at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., May 16. Spirit of America brought the band to the station to play for Marines from New River and nearby Camp Lejeune. About 70 wounded Marines attached to Wounded Warrior Battalion East at Camp Lejeune were guests of honor at the...

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2007 – Popular rock musician John Mellencamp took to the stage at Walter Reed Army Medical Center April 27 and delivered his trademark Americana singing style as a tribute to the wounded soldiers who inspired him at the hospital. John Mellencamp, right, sings at Walter Reed Army Medical Center at a free performance for wounded warriors, family and staff April 27, 2007. About 200 wounded soldiers, family members and hospital staff attended the event, providing a small but energetic crowd. Defense Dept. photo by Fred W. Baker III  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The down-home...

'Palestinians' using own "civilians" as shields, the BBC & Throwing stones at civilians 'Palestinians' using own "civilians" as shields, the BBC & Throwing stones at civilians The BBC who is still in the mess of the docementation in it's Arabist twisted biased & often bigoted views against Israel, has an article about "human shields". What? you though they were talking about "Palestinian" Arabs ALWAYS using their OWN civilians? http://geocities.com/palestiniansarelies/HumanShields.html ? Nope they are obsessed with those [unusual] stories as IF IDF uses (rarely) 'Palestinian' civilians to shield themselves... which doesn't make too much sense, since the Arabs are the...

CALEXICO - U.S. Border Patrol officials confirmed Tuesday the man who was shot near the Mexican border on the west side of Calexico died at El Centro Regional Medical Center, where he was transferred after the incident. The man, whose identity and legal status in the United States has yet to be determined, was shot once with an M-4 assault rifle, which is a condensed version of an M-16, Border Patrol Agent David Kim said. An M-4 is one of three standard-issue service weapons provided to agents by the Border Patrol. Kim said agents saw the man, along with a...

The ancient sea floor was discovered in southwest Greenland A sliver of four-billion-year-old sea floor has offered a glimpse into the inner workings of an adolescent Earth.The baked and twisted rocks, now part of Greenland, show the earliest evidence of plate tectonics, colossal movements of the planet's outer shell. Until now, researchers were unable to say when the process, which explains how oceans and continents form, began. The unique find, described in the journal Science, shows the movements started soon after the planet formed. "Since the plate tectonic paradigm is the framework in which we interpret all modern-day geology,...

Source: University of Chicago Date: February 5, 2007 Ancient Rocks Show How Young Earth Avoided Becoming Giant Snowball Science Daily — A greenhouse gas that has become the bane of modern society may have saved Earth from completely freezing over early in the planet's history, according to the first detailed laboratory analysis of the world's oldest sedimentary rocks. A rock from a banded iron formation in northern Quebec, Canada. The bands vary in thickness from approximately 10 microns (less than the width of a human hair), to 10 meters (30 feet). This sample is measures a few inches across. At...

Photo shows the area in which Opportunity landed, the track outlined path it took over two years to negotiate 6 miles of desert to Victoria Crater Victoria Crater. The Mars-orbiting NASA satellite took a picture as it passed Victoria Crater and actually captured the Rover sitting on the edge of the crater.........A blow-up of the satellite photo showing Opportunity sitting on the crater's rim False color looking North to Cape Verde; great rock layers to explore. Looking Southeast across Duck Bay.

When he was 16, Gonzalo Llamas left his home in Zacatecas, Mexico, and illegally crossed the border by paying $20 to use an American citizen's passport. Though the passport holder was older and balding, Llamas made it across and began his new life cleaning restaurants for $9 a job. Now 50, Llamas is a U.S. citizen and owns a construction company in San Diego. And he wants the border sealed. The reason? Violent crime. "You have your good people and your bad people," he says. "I'm really open-minded for people to make a better life for themselves without causing problems...

AL ASAD, Iraq (July 10, 2006) -- Hollowell, a band from Orange County, Calif., entertained a crowd of service members at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation building here June 29. According to Jared Daniels, bassist for Hollowell, the band decided to come out to Iraq to show their support for the men and women fighting for our country. "The is the best way we can think of to say thank you to all of the troops," said Daniels, a native of Orange County, Calif. "We need to show our support for everything the men and women over here are doing....

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Richard M. Mason II, an assaultman for 2nd Platoon, K Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, sights down range with his rocket launcher. Nicknamed the "Rocket Man," he has effectively fired 24 rockets using the Shoulder-Launched Multi-Purpose Assault Weapon or SMAW during combat operations in Ramadi. The portable anti-armor rocket launcher has the sole purpose of destroying bunkers and other fortifications during assault operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph DiGirolamo More Photos 'Rocket Man' Rocks Insurgents in Ramadi Marine has effectively fired 24 rockets using the Shoulder-Launched Multi-Purpose Assault Weapon or SMAW during...

Brazilian archaeologists have found an ancient stone structure in a remote corner of the Amazon that may cast new light on the region's past. The site, thought to be an observatory or place of worship, pre-dates European colonisation and is said to suggest a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy. Its appearance is being compared to the English site of Stonehenge. It was traditionally thought that before European colonisation, the Amazon had no advanced societies. Winter solstice The archaeologists made the discovery in the state of Amapa, in the far north of Brazil. A total of 127 large blocks of stone were...

Yes, this is video of a few of our guys under attack by KIDS WITH ROCKS. But watch it, and listen... it is both scary and funny. God bless the guy who taped this. Google Video Link

Earth rocks could have taken life to Titan 18:08 17 March 2006 NewScientist.com news service Maggie McKee, Houston Titan may offer a 'soft' landing for life-carrying boulders blasted from Earth (Image: NASA/JPL)Related Boulders blasted away from the Earth's surface after a major impact could have travelled all the way to the outer solar system, new calculations reveal. The work suggests that terrestrial microbes on the rocks could in theory have landed on Saturn's giant moon, Titan. But whether they could have survived once there remains unclear. The fact that meteorites from the Moon and Mars have landed on Earth confirms...

Bush: Freedom is Nukes, Grass and Rocks

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2005 – Washington's young professional crowd turned out in droves at the Hard Rock Café here Sept. 16 to show support for the military and to raise money for military families affected by Hurricane Katrina. The benefit, "D.C. Rocks for the Troops," included appearances by former cast members of MTV's "The Real World," daytime television stars and the Redskinettes. New York's famous cover band, Café Wha, coaxed people out to the dance floor with a lively mix of music. The event was organized by a few young D.C. professionals and was supported by the Armed Forces Foundation,...

Top blogs by unique audience: FreeRepublic, DrudgeReport, FleshBot, Gawker, FarkComScore Networks published a list of top blogs in Q1 2005 by unique audience. FreeRepublic, DrudgeReport, FleshBot, Gawker and Fark all got more than 1 mln unique visitors in Q1 2005....

A chemical study of Martian meteorites implies that the planet has always been cold and was rarely above freezing.Writing in Science, researchers have been able to determine the maximum temperature the rock experienced. There is no evidence that it was ever warm, they say, as it records near surface conditions for four billion years. The water erosional features seen on Mars must have been made during very brief periods, they conclude. Thermal historyAlthough the current average temperature at the Martian equator is about minus 55 Celsius, many scientists believe that the Red Planet was once warm enough for water...

Picture this: Fluorescent rocks It could be argued that New Jersey is the rock capital of the world - just ask any Springsteen fan.But did you know that the Garden State is also the fluorescent rock capital of the world, long regarded as the "Promised Land" of fluorescent minerals by rock collectors worldwide?Stuart Schneider has written a book about it called "Collecting Fluorescent Minerals." He has an extensive collection of fluorescent rocks, with more than 800 species from around the world, but mostly his rocks are New Jersey-grown.The photography darkroom in his basement has been converted into a mineral room,...

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. military is developing miniature electronic sensors disguised as rocks. The disguised sensors can be dropped from an aircraft and used to help detect the sound of approaching enemy combatants, the London Financial Times has reported. The devices, which would be no larger than a golf ball, could be ready for use in about 18 months, the paper said. They use tiny silicon chips and radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology that is so sensitive that it can detect the sound of a human footfall at 20 feet to 30 feet. RFID technology...

  El Pasoan still searching for mystery rocks' origin Erica MolinaEl Paso Times Photos by Victor Calzada / El Paso Times Stanton James uses a flashlight to show the translucence of a rock he has had analyzed in an effort to find its origins. Stanton James is searching for the origin of two rocks he bought about three years ago from a man for $5. More details The rocks have a dome-shaped top. They have a rimmed edge. Each has a concave bottom. Each has slight fluting from the bottom to the rimmed edge. A thumbprint-size depression is on the...

        For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!         Welcome to  a SPECIAL Camp RUN-A-MUK!   Where the Plan Of the Day is: Mirth...Merriment...and CHRISTMAS GREETINGS!My "voices" have been watching the news this week, & they brought to my attention (what little I have left) that there seems to be a problem with some stores, some public schools, &, in general, some people saying: Merry CHRISTMAS. Well, I guess...

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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!         ...ooooo I don't feel so good....what?...whats wrong?.....I'm seeing spots.....what are you babbling about?.....wherz tomkow?....trying to move Illinois back to the USA!........huh?.....never mind...can we run the Camp today?......ain't nobody else around, is there?....I'll do it!..I'll do it!..I'll do it!..I'll do it!..ME!..ME!..let ME do it!!...TV....Well then, WHAT are ya gonna do, dingbat?......SPOTS!...SPOTS!...I kinda like spots....you mean you like Spotsy, don't ya????.....Naw!...she's too old, umm, MATURE...

NORTHERN Territory scientists were last night studying what could be the first photograph of a meteorite hitting Earth. The chances of an impact being captured on film are millions to one. "If this is true, it's one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken," astronomy tutor Geoff Carr said yesterday. The photograph was taken by keen amateur photographer Wayne Pryde as he stood near the Darwin Cenotaph on The Esplanade and looked down to Fort Hill Wharf on Monday evening. The meteorite, which could have been as small as a grain of sand, would have been travelling about 30,000km/h. Mr...

President Bush spoke at the Target Center in Minneapolis today. He drew a crowd of 23,000; I didn't think the building could hold that many. Mike Tice, the coach of the Minnesota Vikings, introduced Bush, giving him both a Vikings jersey and a ringing endorsement: "When it's the fourth quarter and the game is on the line, you want somebody with a cool head calling the plays." The Associated Press admits the crowd was enthusiastic, but does what it can to diminish the story's impact, devoting three paragraphs to "several dozen" Kerry supporters who protested across the street--a pathetic turnout--and...

Click article link for article, and link to big image (0.5 MB). Text: This stunning image mosaic of the "Columbia Hills" is the first 360-degree panorama taken since the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit arrived at the hills over a month ago. The rover has been busy studying the rocks here, which show evidence of past alteration by water. The dark patch of soil to the right is the spot where Spirit stopped for engineering work on its right front wheel. Spirit's tracks can be followed from there all the way back to "Bonneville Crater" and the original landing site, more...

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Link post, providing a link to the thread in the FR "chat" section, where any discussion and comments should be posted: Geology Pictures of the Week(s), April 11-24, 2004: Microgeology

Mars Global Surveyor passed a milestone earlier this month when its 100,000th image was added to NASA's online image gallery for the mission. The total number of photographs is now more than twice the combined quantity supplied by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s. More interesting is the detail included in the new images. One is said to be among the most detailed views ever provided of the Red Planet. Another reveals new clues about a mysterious "Inca City" on Mars. Inca City In 1972, Mariner 9 returned images that showed ridges on Mars that intersect and appear to rise...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Scientists were looking forward to doing further analysis on the half-inch thick layers evident in images of martian rocks sent back by the NASA rover Opportunity. Each layer represents an event in the geologic history of the Red Planet and could indicate whether the outcropping could have been formed by water. The horizontally striped and fractured slabs of bedrock rim a portion of the shallow depression and lie just a short drive from where the six-wheeled robot sits atop its lander. "Look at the wonderful layer cake-structure in there," Steve Squyres, the mission's main scientist, said...

President Bush's secret visit to Iraq was the top story across the globe. A search of Google News revealed this to be by far the most covered story of the day, with over a 1000 press reports in newspapers and websites across the world. ****************************************************  Notes from Another Country Bush Returns From Secretive Trip to Visit Troops in IraqNew York Times - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON, Nov. 28 President returned to the United States early this morning from Iraq, after spending Thanksgiving dinner with hundreds of soldiers in a military mess hall in Baghdad. Bush Pays a Surprise Visit to US Troops in Iraq...

Last Updated: Monday, 20 October, 2003, 11:11 GMT 12:11 UK Ancient carved 'faces' foundBy Dr David Whitehouse BBC News Online science editor If this is genuine, the artist would have been an extinct human species that died out about 150,000 years ago. Cliff face Local inhabitants say that prehistoric human faces are nothing new to the region and point to a rock cliff that they believe has been sculpted. They call it the Face of Borzone. In 2001, in a pile of rubble collected for use as building material, Pietro Gaietto, from the Museum of the Origins of Man, saw...

<p>GAZA CITY (CNN) --A bomb went off underneath a convoy carrying U.S. diplomats in Gaza Wednesday, killing three American members of a security detail and injuring another in an unprecedented attack, U.S. officials said.</p> <p>"We're shocked by this latest terrorist outrage," said U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer.</p>

Space rock's close call By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News Online science editor A small rock about five metres across flew past the Earth a few days ago. Only four other such celestial bodies have come closer since monitoring began. It is actually next to the bright, arrowed object The rock, designated 2003 SW130, was far too small to pose any risk. Had it entered the Earth's atmosphere, it would have fragmented in a spectacular meteor display. But its detection demonstrates just how efficient astronomers are becoming at picking up such rocks, even those that are the size of a...

A Palestinian man gets ready to throw stones at an Israeli tank in the reoccupied West Bank city of Nablus. Israel dismissed an appeal by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) for hardline groups to sign up again to a truce which they broke off last week.(AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)

<p>SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa — A gas explosion rocked a soybean (search) processing plant in western Iowa on Friday, injuring eight people and sparking a fire, authorities said.</p> <p>Fire crews extinguished the blaze after four hours at the Ag Processing Inc. plant, about 20 miles south of Sioux City (search), said Woodbury County Emergency Management Coordinator Gary Brown.</p>

NASA interns get house arrest for aiding moon rocks theft Associated Press Aug. 6, 2003, 5:09PM ORLANDO, Fla. -- Two NASA interns who pleaded guilty to helping others steal space rocks from the Johnson Space Center in Houston were sentenced today to 180 days house arrest and 150 hours of community service. Tiffany Fowler and Shae Saur also must serve three years probation and pay more than $9,000 restitution to the space agency. They had pleaded guilty in December in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit theft and interstate transportation of stolen property. Co-defendant Thad Roberts of Salt Lake...

U.S. Chicken Giveaway Doesn't Fly in Fallouja Iraqi imams turn away soldiers offering the frozen birds to win over hearts and minds in a city that has been a center of resistance. By David Zucchino, Times Staff Writer FALLOUJA, Iraq — Sgt. Jason McGinn's Humvee convoy pulled up in front of the Saud ibn abi Wakas mosque with a load of frozen chickens Monday. The chickens, rapidly defrosting in the midday sun, were meant for the needy families of Fallouja. McGinn's psychological operations unit was making the delivery as part of its efforts to win over clerics and civilians alike...

Frustrated by endless busy signals, American Idol's die-hard fans are voting a second time -- with their wallets. And this time the winner is runner-up Clay Aiken ........ As of June 4, Aiken was outselling Studdard FOUR TO ONE and selling twice as many singles as last year's winner, Kelly Clarkson, did during the same period.

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.FRANCONIA NOTCH, N.H. - Police and parks employees are keeping watch on the site where the Old Man of the Mountain crumbled, and warning people that taking fractured pieces of the granite profile is against state law. The warning against theft came after word that rocks reported to be from the debris field, or near it, had turned up for sale on eBay. Several eBay auctions offering pieces of rock were shut down Monday and police are investigating. "They ain't selling my grandfather on eBay," said Franconia police officer Bruce McKay. "An...

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 January 11 Apollo 17: Boulder in Stereo Credit: Apollo 17, NASA (Stereo Image by Patrick Vantuyne) Explanation: Humans left the Moon over thirty years ago, but donning red-blue glasses (red for the left eye) you can share this excellent stereo perspective view of their last stomping ground. Recorded by Eugene Cernan, the scene depicts his fellow astronaut and geologist Harrison Schmitt next to a large split boulder...