5 Ways to Alienate Your Audience...

"All the great speakers were bad speakers first."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

5 Ways to Alienate Your Audience
By Virginia Avery

When you make a presentation, whether it's a report to the board of directors, a speech to the Kiwanis Club, or a major talk at a conference, it is vitally important to captivate your audience and make them want to listen to you. Yet when you hear some people speak, you would think their purpose is to bore, frustrate, and alienate. By learning how to avoid the things that will put your audience off, you increase your chances of getting your message across, impressing your boss, being asked to speak again, and/or finding new customers.

Just last month, I attended a conference where I saw a perfect demonstration of how to alienate an audience. The speaker had lots of platform experience, but his presentation was most memorable for the mistakes he made - the kind of mistakes you should avoid at all costs.

Though he didn't make every mistake in the book, he sticks in my mind as an example of the last person I would ever pay attention to... mainly because of his attitude. It appeared that his main reason for being there was to tell us how wonderful and successful he was.

And that is the first way to lose your audience:

1. Being Self-Centered Rather Than Audience-Centered

This is your speech - so you should be able to brag, boast, cajole, or rant if the mood suits you. Right? After all, if not to learn more about you, your products, your company, and your importance, why did they ask you to speak? So thinks the self-centered speaker.

An audience-centered speaker, by contrast, is concerned with giving value, providing a solution to a problem, or inspiring the group to take a particular action. In addition, the audience-centered speaker involves his audience with less lecturing and more interaction.

Today's audiences are sophisticated and knowledgeable. Approaching your talk from your listeners' perspective by asking yourself, "How can I make this clear and helpful to them?" assures they'll be more receptive to what you have to say. Plus, each group you speak to will be different - so seeing your topic through their eyes will help you keep your material fresh and interesting.

2. Winging It

If there ever was a recipe for presentation failure, failing to prepare is it. No matter how well you know your subject, it is difficult to decide which direction to go in when you are facing a group. In fact, the more you know about your subject, the more difficult it can be to make a coherent presentation on the spot... because your mind will be focused on whether you should make this point or that point.

Watching a presenter who is winging it is painful. I recently watched one who was so obviously unprepared, it was embarrassing. And, of course, since he didn't know what he was going to say, he took longer to say it, running over his allotted time.

You should always prepare for a presentation. This includes researching your audience, their concerns, and the reason they are attending that particular presentation. Speakers who don't prepare lack focus, organization, and ultimately lack a compelling message... which wastes everyone's time.

Do the opposite: Prepare by researching your audience and their stance on your topic. Then think about the main point you want them to remember one week later, and build your presentation around it.

3. Staying Stock Still... or Hiding Behind the Lectern

Many presenters seem to think there's no point in moving, smiling, or altering their voice. (It might jar the audience awake.) But stiffness, lack of body flexibility, and lack of movement all contribute to a boring presentation. I've heard this referred to as the "Dan Rather School of Speaking."

You see, we are hard-wired to pay attention to movement - especially if it is purposeful. Gestures, vocal inflection, and facial animation help deliver your message. When you fail to use expression, your message falls flat.

No matter how well crafted your words are, it takes energy and "life" to instill interest. The mind tends to reject information it deems boring.

To encourage people to pay attention, come out from behind the lectern.

Move with purpose.

Address different people in your audience.

Most of all, deliver your message with enthusiasm. If you don't care about what you're saying, neither will your audience.

4. Using Many Words to Say Very Little

I remember eagerly anticipating a famous author's presentation. I had read some of his books, and knew I was going to glean gems of wisdom from his talk.

Imagine my disappointment when this author put up 15 Power Points for us to consider, and pretty much just read them to us. No pertinent examples to flesh out each one. Just superficial statements I could have constructed myself.

A list of points is no more a presentation than a grocery list is a meal. It doesn't nourish the mind. Instead, take three of your most important points, or even one, and elaborate. Tell stories to show your audience some interesting tidbit or background, provide examples of a point in action, explain why you consider that point to be so important.

Today's audience is looking for enlightenment and entertainment. To give them value in exchange for their time, forget lists and platitudes. Describe the meaningful experiences you've had, explain the meaning of the data you are providing.

In other words, give your audience your insights, your thoughtful opinions, and your stories. That's what they have come to hear.

5. Disregarding Time Limits

You might have heard that when Woodrow Wilson was asked how long it took for him to prepare a one-hour speech, he said "one week." But when asked how long it took for him to prepare a two-hour speech, he said "I'm ready now!" That's because it takes more preparation to speak well when you are given less time.

It's a simple courtesy to end on time - especially if another speaker is waiting in the wings. One way to be sure you finish on time is to prepare only enough to fill 70 percent of your allotted time. (A speech often takes longer when you're facing an audience than it does in practice.)

You should also decide ahead of time what you will omit if you run out of time. If you must cut something from your presentation, cut an example, a supporting point, or a story. Never cut your introduction or conclusion.

To keep from alienating your audience, beware of repeating these five presentation sins. Stand apart from the majority of speakers by having the courage to do the reverse of what they do. The important points you make will be remembered.

[Ed. Note: Virginia Avery is a communications specialist who has trained thousands of individuals to make more dynamic presentations. Become more confident and persuasive in just two days with her Presenting Yourself Professionally workshop.

Have a question about how to make your presentations stronger? Write to Virginia at ReaderFeedback@gmail.com. Include your full name and hometown, and we may print your question and Virginia's response in a future issue of ETR.]

Sicko Michael Moore is at it again...

Why doesn't this scumbag Michael Moore just move to Cuba? I certainly wouldn't mind, and I'm sure the Castro brothers would love to take his money.

You might want to read this before eating your breakfast...

April 15, 2007 -- Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, according to several sources with knowledge of the trip. [Read more]

Forecaster says Al Gore does 'great disservice' with film about global warming

Says Gore "a gross alarmist"

By CAIN BURDEAU
Associated Press Writer


NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.
"He's one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things. I think he's doing a great disservice and he doesn't know what he's talking about," Dr. William Gray said in an interview with The Associated Press at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, where he delivered the closing speech.

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Hillary Clinton 1984

How to Deal With Jerks in the Workplace

Call them jerks, bullies, louts, boors, or — as Robert Sutton prefers — a--holes. Whatever you call them, such characters are a part of every organization, and Sutton, a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, has written a book about how to deal with them, The No A--hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't.

Sutton shared his thoughts on the topic with Inc. editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan. Prohibited by her editors from using the objectionable word, Buchanan turned to a thesaurus for help.

What got you interested in jerks?

My late father. He was an entrepreneur who started a half dozen companies. And his standard for a work relationship was if people were a--holes, it wasn't worth it no matter how much money you could make. Because in the end it would drive you crazy. Then when I got to Stanford, my department had a no-a--hole rule that we applied in hiring.

Is that the term they use at Stanford?

You do see the word more now because dirty talk is more socially acceptable in organizations. When I first got to Stanford, they were talking about it. It wasn't written down, of course.

How do you define the term?

There is a two-step definition that comes from the literature on abusive supervision. The first standard is whether someone consistently leaves people feeling demeaned and belittled and deenergized. The second standard is whether that person targets people who have less power than they do. But there's also an emotional component — the feeling that you're being oppressed or pushed around by a bad apple.

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Hillary Clinton Quotes

These were sent to me, so I don't vouch for their accuracy or authenticity.
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"Where is the G-damn f**king flag? I want the G-damn f**king flag up
every f**king morning at f**king sunrise."
(From the book "Inside The White House" by Ronald Kessler, p. 244 -
Hillary to the staff at the Arkansas Governor's mansion on Labor Day,
1991)

"You sold out, you mother f**ker! You sold out!"
From the book "Inside" by Joseph Califano, p. 213 - Hillary yelling
at Democrat lawyer.

"It's been said, and I think it's accurate, that my husband was
obsessed by terrorism in general and al-qaida in particular."
(Hillary telling a post-9/11 world what a 'great' commander in chief
her husband was; Dateline, NBC 4/16/2004.)

"I have to admit that a good deal of what my husband and I have
learned [about Islam] has come from our daughter."
(TruthInMedia.org 8/8/1999 - Hillary at a White House function,
proudly tells some Muslim groups she is gaining a greater
appreciation of Islam because Chelsea was then taking a class on the
"religion of peace")


"F**k off! It's enough that I have to see you shit-kickers every day,
I'm not going to talk to you too!! Just do your G*damn job and keep
your mouth shut."
(From the book "American Evita" by Christopher Anderson, p. 90 -
Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her
with "Good morning."

"You f**king idiot."
(From the book "Crossfire" p. 84 - Hillary to a State Trooper who was
driving her to an event.)

"If you want to remain on this detail, get your f**king ass over here
and grab those bags!"
(From the book "The First Partner" p. 259 - Hillary to a Secret
Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage because he
wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident.)

"Get f**ked! Get the f**k out of my way!!! Get out of my face!!!"
(From the book "Hillary's Scheme" p. 89 - Hillary's various comments
to her Secret Service detail agents.)

"Stay the f**k back, stay the f**k away from me! Don't come within
ten yards of me, or else! Just f**king do as I say, Okay!!!?"
(From the book "Unlimited Access", by Clinton FBI Agent in Charge,
Gary Aldrige, p. 139 - Hillary screaming at her Secret Service detail.)

"Many of you are well enough off that [President Bush's] tax cuts may
have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track,
we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're
going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common
good."
(Hillary grandstanding at a fund raising speech in San Francisco;
SFGate.com 6/28/2004.)

"Why do I have to keep proving to people that I am not a liar?!"
(From the book "The Survivor," by John Harris, p. 382 - Hillary in
her 2000 Senate campaign)

"Where's the miserable c*ck sucker?"
(From the book "The Truth About Hillary" by Edward Klein, p. 5 -
Hillary shouting at a Secret Service officer)

"Put this F****r on the ground! I left my sunglasses in the limo. I
need those sunglasses. We need to go back!"
(From the book "Dereliction of Duty" p. 71-72 - Hillary to Marine One
helicopter pilot to turn back while en route to Air Force One.)



"He is a real Son of a Bitch."
(From the book "American Evita" by Christopher Anderson, p. 259 -
Hillary's opinion of President George W. Bush when she found out he
secretly visited Iraq just days before her highly publicized trip to
Iraq)

"What are you doing inviting these people into my home? These people
are our enemies! They are trying to destroy us!"
(From the book "The Survivor" by John Harris, p. 99 - Hillary
screaming to an aide, when she found out that some Republicans had
been invited to the Clinton White House)

"I mean, you've got a conservative and right-wing press presence with
really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum."
(C-Span, 1/19/1997 - Hillary complains about the mainstream media,
which are all conservatives in her opinion)

"Come on Bill, put your dick away! You can't f**k her here!!"
(From the book "Inside The White House" by Ronald Kessler, p. 243 -
Hillary to Gov. Clinton when she spots him talking with an attractive
female at an Arkansas political rally)

You know, I'm going to start thanking the woman who cleans the
restroom in the building I work in. I'm going to start thinking of
her as a human being -Hillary Clinton
(From the book "The Case Against Hillary Clinton" by Peggy Noonan, p.
55)

"You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your
friends."
(From the book "The Agenda" by Bob Woodward, ch. 14)

"The only way to make a difference is to acquire power - lots of
power - and then use it to distroy your enemies"
(From the book "I've Always Been A Yankee Fan" by Thomas D. Kuiper,
p. 68 - Hillary to a friend before starting law school.)

"We just can't trust the American people to make those types of tough
choices.... Government has to make those choices for people"
(From the book "I've Always Been A Yankee Fan" by Thomas D. Kuiper,
p. 20 - Hillary to Rep. Dennis Hastert in 1993 discussing her
expensive, disastrous taxpayer-funded health care plan)

"I am a fan of the social policies that you find in Europe " Hillary
in 1996" From the book "I've Always Been A Yankee Fan" by Thomas D.
Kuiper, p. 76 - Hillary in 1996)

The Next Senator From New York, Bill Clinton?

WASHINGTON — If Hillary Clinton is elected president, the next senator from New York could be her husband, Bill Clinton.

Supporters are touting that scenario in the event the seat currently held by Mrs. Clinton opens up as she moves to higher office. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, would be tasked with appointing someone to fill the open Senate seat for the remaining two years of Clinton's term.

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Comment by Pete Moss: Oh Please why can't he just retire and go fishing somewhere. Lets get some new blood inthere. Give someone else a chance for crying out loud! But the worst part is that the horde will most likely vote for him.

18 WAYS TO BE A GOOD LIBERAL

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on
demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments
create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens
are more of a threat than U.S. Nuclear weapons technology in the hands
of Iran or Chinese and North Korean communists.

4. You have to believe that there was no art before federal funding.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by
cyclical changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms
driving SUV's.

6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being
homosexual is natural.

7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of
federal funding.

8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach
4th-graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids
about sex.

9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but PETA
activists do.

10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually
doing something to earn it.

11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own
money to make "The Passion of the Christ" for financial gain only.

12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts
of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain
parts of the Constitution.

13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too
high.

14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more
important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Gen. Robert E. Lee,
and Thomas Edison.

15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial
quotas and set-asides are not.

16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked
anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in
charge

17. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag queens
and transvestites should be constitutionally protected, and manger
scenes at Christmas should be illegal. (WOW!!)

18. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast,
right-wing conspiracy.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

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How the 'axis' seeks the killer missile

By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
January 30, 2007

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Cuba accuses USA of stealing...

The Foreign Minister of Cuba, Felipe Pérez Roque, accuses the United States of America of stealing Cuban funds, the fourth such theft in recent years to provide indemnities to persons whose lawsuits are totally unfounded.

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AMT 3 little letters, 1 big tax headache

WASHINGTON -- Enacted in 1969 to stop rich people from avoiding federal taxation, the alternative minimum tax has morphed into a trillion-dollar economic and political monster as it ensnares millions more taxpayers.Ironically, the financial challenge presented by the tax is so big that the AMT could become the driving force for genuine federal tax reform in America over the next few years, many analysts believe.

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Fidel Castro's son says father is getting better

Yahoo! - Reuters - More Headlines

Venezuela, Iran to finance opposition to U.S.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- fiery anti-American leaders whose moves to extend their influence have alarmed Washington -- said Saturday they would help finance investment projects in other countries seeking to thwart U.S. domination.

The two countries had previously revealed plans for a joint $2 billion fund to finance investments in Venezuela and Iran, but the leaders said Saturday the money would also be used for projects in friendly countries throughout the developing world.

"It will permit us to underpin investments ... above all in those countries whose governments are making efforts to liberate themselves from the [U.S.] imperialist yoke," Chavez said.

"This fund, my brother," the Venezuelan president said, referring affectionately to Ahmadinejad, "will become a mechanism for liberation."

"Death to U.S. imperialism!" Chavez said.

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Why gasoline follows oil up but not down...

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"There is a rocket and feather aspect," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service.
Energy corner

And the reason seems to be simple economics.

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Bush: If you don't like my Iraq plan, tell me yours

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Saturday challenged lawmakers skeptical of his new Iraq plan to propose their own strategy for stopping the violence in Baghdad.

"To oppose everything while proposing nothing is irresponsible," Bush said.

In a pitch to lawmakers and the American people, Bush said the United States will keep the onus on the Iraqi government to take charge of security and reach a political reconciliation. Democrats and many Republicans oppose the Bush plan to send 21,500 more U.S. troops into Iraq.

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Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Re-enactment

Venezuela's Chavez: Nationalize electricity, phones...

By David J. Lynch, USA TODAY
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday he would nationalize the country's electricity industry and its largest telecommunications provider, which could have an impact on major U.S. investors in his oil-rich country.

In a televised address, Chavez, who will be sworn in Wednesday to a second six-year term, also said he would ask the legislature, controlled by his allies, to let him rewrite Venezuela's economy through presidential decree.

"All of that which was privatized, let it be nationalized," Chavez said. "The nation should recover its ownership of strategic sectors."

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Castro's true legacy is a bloody trail...

Boston Globe
Jeff Jacoby January 1, 2007
Globe Columnist

IT WAS on New Year's Day in 1959 that Fidel Castro's guerrillas toppled Fulgencio Batista, and a week later that Castro entered Havana and launched what has become the world's longest-lived dictatorship. This week thus marks the 48th anniversary of Castro's revolution -- and the last one he will celebrate, if the persistent rumors that he is dying prove to ...

IT WAS on New Year's Day in 1959 that Fidel Castro's guerrillas toppled Fulgencio Batista, and a week later that Castro entered Havana and launched what has become the world's longest-lived dictatorship. This week thus marks the 48th anniversary of Castro's revolution -- and the last one he will celebrate, if the persistent rumors that he is dying prove to be true. Which makes this a good time to ask: What will be said about Castro after his death?

For decades, journalists and celebrities have showered Cuba's despot with praise . Norman Mailer, for example, proclaimed him "the first and greatest hero to appear in the world since the Second World War." Oliver Stone has called him "one of the earth's wisest people, one of the people we should consult."

The cheerleaders have been just as enthusiastic in describing Castro's record in Cuba. "A beacon of success for much of Latin America and the Third World," gushed Giselle Fernandez of CBS. "For Castro," Barbara Walters declared, "freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on earth." Covering Cuba's one-party election in 1998, CNN's Lucia Newman grandly described "a system President Castro boasts is the most democratic and cleanest in the world."

During a 1995 visit to New York, writes Humberto Fontova in "Fidel," a blistering exposé of Castro and his regime, Cuba's maximum leader "plunged into Manhattan's social swirl, hobnobbing with dozens of glitterati, pundits, and power brokers." From the invitation to dine at the Rockefeller family's Westchester County, N.Y., estate to being literally kissed and hugged by Diane Sawyer, Castro was drenched with flattery and adoration at every turn.

When Castro dies, some of his obituarists will no doubt continue this pattern of fawning hero-worship. But others, more concerned with accuracy than with apologetics, will squarely face the facts of Castro's reign. Facts such as these:

Castro came to power with American support.

The United States welcomed Castro's ouster of Batista and was one of the first nations to recognize the new government in 1959. It was not until 1961 that President Eisenhower -- reacting to "a long series of harassments, baseless accusations, and vilification" -- broke diplomatic ties with Havana. By that point Castro had nationalized all US businesses in Cuba and confiscated American properties worth nearly $2 billion.

Well before he came to power, Castro regarded the United States as an enemy. In a 1957 letter the future ruler wrote to a friend: "War against the United States is my true destiny. When this war's over, I'll start that much bigger and wider war."

Castro transformed Cuba into a totalitarian hellhole.

Freedom House gives Cuba its lowest possible rating for civil liberties and political rights, placing it with Burma, North Korea, and Sudan as one of the world's most repressive regimes. Hundreds of political prisoners are behind bars. Among them, writes Carlos Alberto Montaner in Foreign Policy, are "48 young people [imprisoned] for collecting signatures for a referendum, 23 journalists for writing articles about the regime, and 18 librarians for loaning forbidden books." Political prisoners can be beaten, starved, denied medical care, locked in solitary confinement, and forced into slave labor. Castro long ago eliminated freedom of religion, due process of law, and the right to leave the country.

Castro stole Cuba's wealth.

While Cubans grew progressively poorer under communism, Castro exploited them to become one of the world's richest people. Foreign companies doing business in Cuba must pay a significant sum for each worker they hire -- but most of the money goes to Castro's regime, while the workers receive only a pittance. Castro also controls Cuba's state-owned companies, whose profits account for much of his wealth. Castro insists that his personal net worth is zero, but Forbes magazine estimates the amount to be $900 million.

Castro shed far more blood than the dictator he replaced.

According to the Cuba Archive, which is documenting the deaths of each person killed by Cuba's rulers since 1952, Batista was responsible for approximately 3,000 deaths. Castro's toll has been far higher. So far the archive has documented more than 8,000 specific victims of the Castro regime -- including 5,775 firing squad executions, 1,231 extrajudicial assassinations, and 984 deaths in prison. When fully documented, the body count is expected to reach 17,000 -- plus the tens of thousands of Cubans who lost their lives at sea while fleeing Castro's Caribbean nightmare.

"Condemn me, it doesn't matter," Castro once said. "History will absolve me." But as Castro's ultimate day of judgment draws near, history is not likely to be so kind.

Jeff Jacoby's e-mail address is jacoby@globe.com.

© Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company

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How To Play Videogames For A Living

Here's a trick to get Mom off your back: The next time she tells you to stop wasting so much time playing Madden NFL '07, tell her you're just training for a career.
There are now about 500 new videogames hitting the shelves every year, according to market research company NPD Group, and all those game studios need teams of driven, highly skilled gamers who can develop and produce virtual worlds.

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Cubans wonder if they will see Castro again

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10 Common Resume Blunders

Is your resume presenting you in the best light possible to potential employers? Really? Resume mistakes are more common than you think. Check out this list of the 10 most common ones to be sure your resume doesn't include them.

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Chavez wins re-election by wide margin...

'Long live the socialist revolution! Destiny has been written'...

Iran, Muslim Brotherhood hail Chavez anti-US stand...

PAPER- New congress 'will approve immigration bill that will grant citizenship rights to most
illegals'...
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WHITE HOUSE- Blocked by a Democrat filibuster

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Iranian paper: Great war to wipe out Israel coming...

Iranian newspapers Kehyan and and Resalat have urged Muslims around the world to prepare for a 'great war' to destroy the State of Israel.

The newspapers published the editorials, translated from Persian by MEMRI , the Middle East translation service, to mark 'Quds' day on October 20, an Iranian 'holiday' calling for the "liberation" of Jerusalem and war against Israel.

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How to get better gas mileage...

Drive Sensibly
Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration and braking) wastes gas. It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. Sensible driving is also safer for you and others, so you may save more than gas money.

Fuel Economy Benefit: 5-33%
Equivalent Gasoline Savings: $0.12-$0.76/gallon

Observe the Speed Limit

While each vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed (or range of speeds), gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph.

As a rule of thumb, you can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.20 per gallon for gas.

Observing the speed limit is also safer.

Fuel Economy Benefit: 7-23%
Equivalent Gasoline Savings: $0.16-$0.53/gallon

Remove Excess Weight

Avoid keeping unnecessary items in your vehicle, especially heavy ones. An extra 100 pounds in your vehicle could reduce your MPG by up to 2%. The reduction is based on the percentage of extra weight relative to the vehicle's weight and affects smaller vehicles more than larger ones.

Fuel Economy Benefit: 1-2%/100 lbs
Equivalent Gasoline Savings: $0.02-$0.05/gallon

Avoid Excessive Idling

Idling gets 0 miles per gallon. Cars with larger engines typically waste more gas at idle than do cars with smaller engines.

Use Cruise Control

Using cruise control on the highway helps you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, will save gas.

Use Overdrive Gears

When you use overdrive gearing, your car's engine speed goes down. This saves gas and reduces engine wear.

Note: Cost savings are based on an assumed fuel price of $2.31/gallon.

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Great USA Today Article about Photographer's Rights...

I'm glad to find this article, since I've been harassed many times while taking photos at airports. If you are a photographer of any kind, you'll want to read this.

The author recommends carrying printed copies of the article and his PDF file, in case you are harassed or God forbid arrested.

In essence:

"The law in the United States of America is pretty simple. You are allowed to photograph anything with the following exceptions:

• Certain military installations or operations.

• People who have a reasonable expectation of privacy. That is, people who are some place that's not easily visible to the general public, e.g., if you shoot through someone's window with a telephoto lens.

That's it."

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[PDF FILE] The Photographer's Right

In Arizona, ‘For Sale’ Is a Sign of the Times...

PHOENIX — Until recently, this fast-growing area was a paradise on earth for home builders. Fulton Homes’ developments, for example, were so popular last year that it was able to raise prices on its new homes by $1,000 to $10,000 almost every week.
“People were standing in line for lotteries,” recalled Douglas S. Fulton, president of the company, one of the largest private builders in the Phoenix area. And they were “camping overnight begging to be the next number in the next lot in the next house.”
No more.

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Official: Castro's Return May Be Delayed...

(AP) Cuba's foreign minister backed away Monday from his prediction that Fidel Castro will return to power by early December, raising questions about the pace of the communist leader's recovery from intestinal surgery.

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Where are the Alquaeda Tapes?

Not a peep, not a squeak. Well it seems that Zahawiri and Osama have finally wised up and decided that maybe if they don't send a taped terror message reminding Americans that they are still around, it would help the Democrat party defeat the Republicans in the Tuesday midterm election. After all if you were Osama Bin Ladin, what party would you want in power? There is only one obvious answer to that question, and that is: The Democrats.

Or maybe the U.S. military has them on the run so badly, that they have not even had a chance to put a tape togheter. Whatever the case, hopefully the latter, we have not seen or heard from the terror duo since their last tape was realeased on September 2nd, and we all know they are watching everything we do. In fact, I dare say that they are probably better informed about the United States than many Americans. That is a sad commentary but I believe it's probably true.

Or perhaps Carl Rove and his sinister political machinery forgot to fake the tapes this time as it would be too obvious. In many ways George Bush and the Republicans are victims of their own success. Because we haven't been attacked again, we are again growing complacent. And this complacency is most plainly embodied in the Democrats, who in their rethoric, and lust to regain power have put partisan politics ahead of what is best for the country. Security continues to be of paramount concern at least to this American. Whithout security there is no economy, no healthcare, no social security, no gay marriage or any of the other topics bandied about in the national discourse.

Let's hope the voters turn out and are smart enough to set aside all the vitriol, and partisan hot air, and vote conscientioulsly for the lesser of two evils. The one that has proven that at least they can protect us.

Ortega Makes a Comeback in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Nov. 6) - Former Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega appeared headed for victory Monday in his longtime quest to regain power, 16 years after a U.S.-backed rebellion helped drive the former Marxist revolutionary from office.

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New York will honor Fidel Castro with a massive monument in Central Park to be unveiled November 8th. "The portrait celebrates Castro's humanitarianism," gushes David Kesting, the spokesman for the statue's sculptor. "Inspiration for the gilded head of Castro, large enough to belong to a 25 foot man, comes from Harlem's acclamation for Castro's contributions to civil rights," reads a wire story. "This may be the last opportunity to say farewell" to the man some revere as a champion of civil rights ... The Central Park unveiling of his portrait is an attempt to bring Harlem's adoration for Castro to the rest of the world."

By Humberto Fontova

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The booming real estate market has allowed many Americans to become “equity rich.” They may not have a lot of cash on hand, but they might have equity in their homes worth several hundred thousand dollars or more. Unfortunately, this increase in home wealth has spawned an equally booming business in equity theft, as more and more thieves find increasingly clever ways to con homeowners out of their equity, their homes, or both.

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By VANESSA ARRINGTON
HAVANA Oct 29, 2006 (AP)— Photographs of Fidel Castro standing and talking on the phone were published Sunday in Cuba's state-run media, a day after the ailing leader appeared in a video to dispel rumors he was on his deathbed.

The Communist Youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde dedicated its front page to the Cuban president, printing a blown-up picture of a pensive Castro with the title "Always fighting for something, and fighting with optimism!"

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The federal government is investigating the takeover last year of a leading American manufacturer of electronic voting systems by a small software company that has been linked to the leftist Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chávez.

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CITGO to launch a new ad campaign this month to "set the record straight"

Media Post (Emily Burg): Venezuelan state-owned CITGO Petroleum will launch a new ad campaign this month to "set the record straight" about its political affiliations and commitment to doing business in the US.

The effort is designed to counteract a wave of negative publicity in the wake of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' anti-American remarks at the UN last month.

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Remember Global Cooling?

By Jerry Adler
Updated: 5:41 p.m. ET Oct 23, 2006
Oct. 23, 2006 - In April, 1975, in an issue mostly taken up with stories about the collapse of the American-backed government of South Vietnam, NEWSWEEK published a small back-page article about a very different kind of disaster. Citing "ominous signs that the earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically," the magazine warned of an impending "drastic decline in food production." Political disruptions stemming from food shortages could affect "just about every nation on earth." Scientists urged governments to consider emergency action to head off the terrible threat of . . . well, if you had been following the climate-change debates at the time, you'd have known that the threat was: global cooling.

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Those who made calls on a mobile phone for more than four hours a day had the worst sperm counts and the poorest quality sperm, according to results released yest at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting in New Orleans.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Bush has signed a newly revised space policy that sets defense as a priority and rejects future negotiations that might limit U.S. flexibility in space, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

The document, released earlier this month with no public announcement, emphasizes security issues, the newspaper reported.

Bush's top goals, as stated in the document, are to "strengthen the nation's space leadership and ensure that space capabilities are available in time to further U.S. national security, homeland security, and foreign policy objectives" and to "enable unhindered U.S. operation in and through space to defend our interest there," the newspaper reported.

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South Korea has detected signs North Korea may be preparing to conduct a second nuclear explosion, after a report said U.S. satellites picked up activity at the site of the country's first test last week.

The South Korean government is aware of the indications of activity, a government official who declined to be identified said today by phone in Seoul when asked about the report from Washington by ABC News.

United Nations Security Council 1718, approved on Oct. 14, demands North Korea refrain from carrying out another nuclear test and return to six-nation talks on ending its atomic weapons program. The U.S. yesterday confirmed the detonation last week was nuclear.

U.S. spy satellites picked up vehicle movements close to the site of North Korea 's nuclear test last week, a sign Kim Jong Il's government may be preparing a second underground blast, ABC reported, citing unidentified U.S. intelligence officials.

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North Korea might now have The Bomb, but it doesn't have much electricity

The regime in the north is so short of electricity that the whole country is switched off at 9 p.m. - apart from the capital of Pyongyang where dictator Kim Jong-il and his cohorts live in relative luxury. But even there, lighting is drastically reduced.

The result, as shown in this picture taken one night earlier this week, is a startling contrast between the blacked-out north and the south, which is ablaze with light, particularly around major cities and the capital, Seoul, in the north-west of the country.

Mr Rumsfeld showed the picture to illustrate how backward the northern regime really is - and how oppressed its people are. Without electricity there can be none of the appliances that make life easy and that we take for granted, he said.

"Except for my wife and family, that is my favourite photo," said Mr Rumsfeld.

"It says it all. There's the south, the same people as the north, the same resources north and south, and the big difference is in the south it's a free political system and a free economic system.

"The people in the north are starving, their growth is stunted. It's a shame, a tragedy."

An aide added: "This oppressive regime is too busy trying to make war to make life comfortable for its people."

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By: Bill Gertz

U.S. intelligence agencies say, based on preliminary indications, that North Korea did not produce its first nuclear blast yesterday.

U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that seismic readings show that the conventional high explosives used to create a chain reaction in a plutonium-based device went off, but that the blast's readings were shy of a typical nuclear detonation.

"We're still evaluating the data, and as more data comes in, we hope to develop a clearer picture," said one official familiar with intelligence reports.
"There was a seismic event that registered about 4 on the Richter scale, but it still isn't clear if it was a nuclear test. You can get that kind of seismic reading from high explosives."

The underground explosion, which Pyongyang dubbed a historic nuclear test, is thought to have been the equivalent of several hundred tons of TNT, far short of the several thousand tons of TNT, or kilotons, that are signs of a nuclear blast, the official said.

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