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Friday, December 09, 2005

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:04:04 GMT

2006 GERMANY WORLD CUP DRAW...


		December 9, 2005

Group A

Ecuador

Costa Rica

Poland

Germany

MATCHES


GER v CRC 09-Jun

   POL v ECU 09-Jun

   GER v POL 14-Jun

   CRC v ECU 15-Jun

   CRC v POL 20-Jun

   GER v ECU 20-Jun

Group B

Paraguay

England

Sweden

Trinidad & Tobago

MATCHES



ENG

v

PAR

10-Jun



TRI

v

SWE

10-Jun



ENG

v

TRI

15-Jun



PAR

v

SWE

15-Jun



ENG

v

SWE

20-Jun



PAR

v

TRI

20-Jun

Group C
	Argentina
	Serbia & Montenegro
	Netherlands
	Ivory Coast

MATCHES
	ARG	v	CIV	10-Jun
	YUG	v	NED	11-Jun
	ARG	v	YUG	16-Jun
	CIV	v	NED	16-Jun
	ARG	v	NED	21-Jun
	CIV	v	YUG	21-Jun

Group D
	Mexico
	Iran
	Portugal
	Angola

MATCHES
	MEX	v	IRN	11-Jun
	ANG	v	POR	11-Jun
	MEX	v	ANG	16-Jun
	IRN	v	POR	17-Jun
	IRN	v	ANG	21-Jun
	MEX	v	POR	21-Jun

Group E
	Italy
	Czech Republic
	United States
	Ghana

*MATCHES*
	ITA	v	GHA	12-Jun
	USA	v	CZE	12-Jun
	ITA	v	USA	17-Jun
	GHA	v	CZE	17-Jun
	GHA	v	USA	22-Jun
	ITA	v	CZE	22-Jun

Group F
	Brazil
	Croatia
	Japan
	Australia

*MATCHES*
	AUS	v	JPN	12-Jun
	BRA	v	CRO	13-Jun
	BRA	v	AUS	18-Jun
	CRO	v	JPN	18-Jun
	BRA	v	JPN	22-Jun
	CRO	v	AUS	22-Jun

Group G
	South Korea
	Switzerland
	France
	Togo

MATCHES
	FRA	v	SUI	13-Jun
	KOR	v	TOG	13-Jun
	FRA	v	KOR	18-Jun
	SUI	v	TOG	19-Jun
	FRA	v	TOG	23-Jun
	SUI	v	KOR	23-Jun

Group H
	Spain
	Ukraine
	Saudi Arabia
	Tunisia

*MATCHES*
	ESP	v	UKR	14-Jun
	TUN	v	KSA	14-Jun
	ESP	v	TUN	19-Jun
	UKR	v	KSA	19-Jun
	ESP	v	KSA	23-Jun
	UKR	v	TUN	23-Jun

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U.S. draws tough group in World Cup

Associated Press

LEIPZIG, Germany -- Defending champion Brazil will play its first match of next year's World Cup against 1998 semifinalist Croatia, while Argentina has to face the Netherlands in a difficult first-round group.

The United States was drawn into a strong group with Italy, the Czech Republic and Ghana.

Five-time champion Brazil also faces Australia and Japan in Group F, while Argentina has games against Serbia and Montenegro and the Ivory Coast. Argentina failed to get past the first round in 2002 and this draw means it could struggle again.

The opening match will be host Germany against Costa Rica in Munich. Three-time winner Germany also plays Poland and Ecuador.

The United States opens against the Czech Republic on June 12 at Gelsenkirchen. The Americans play Italy on June 17 at Kaiserslautern and finishes the first round against Ghana on June 22 at Nuremberg.

The Americans lost to Czechoslovakia and Italy in their first two games of the 1990 World Cup, the first appearance in the tournament for the U.S. team since 1950. The Americans are 0-3-2 against Italy and have never played Ghana or the Czech Republic, which split from Slovakia in the 1990s.

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"Come on Sperm.We got to be first!"

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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:53:16 GMT

Screw the online survey!...

---I havent got a single response from them (Global Test Market click_to_visit_site ) and its been well over a month. My best guess is that perhaps they werent interested in what i liked or i dont know. But, just if, they actually send me something i will report to you all!

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California Teen Wins Science Competition

By JUAN-CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Associated Press Writer

This handout photo provided by the Siemens Foundation shows Michael Viscardi, 16, of San Diego, Calif., second from left, the individual winner of the $100,000 Grand Prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology, Monday, Dec. 5, 2005 in Washington.Viscardi won for his innovative approach to an old math problem that could help in the design of airplane wings. From left are, Dr. Constance Atwell, lead judge; Viscardi; Bettina von Siemens, and Siemens Foundation President Jack D. Bergen. (AP Photo/Greg Kinch, Siemens Foundation, HO)

WASHINGTON Dec 6, 2005 — A 16-year-old California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for his innovative approach to an old math problem that could help in the design of airplane wings.

Michael Viscardi, a senior from San Diego, won a $100,000 college scholarship, the top individual prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology.

Viscardi said he's been homeschooled since fifth grade, although he does take math classes at the University of California at San Diego three days a week. His father is a software engineer and his mother, who stays at home, has a Ph.D. in neuroscience, he said.

"It's unbelievable," Viscardi said of his win. "It's so incredible that I'm in shock right now."

Viscardi tackled a 19th century math problem known as the Dirichlet problem, formulated by the mathematician Lejeune Dirichlet. The theorem Viscardi created to solve it has potential applications in the fields of engineering and physics, including airplane wing design. He said he worked on it for about six months with a professor at UCSD.

"He is a super-duper mathematics student," said lead judge Constance Atwell, a consultant and former research director at the National Institutes of Health. "It was almost impossible for our judges to figure out the limits of his understanding during our questioning. And he's only 16 years old," she said.

Anne Lee, 17, a senior at Phoenix Country Day School in Paradise Valley, Ariz. and Albert Shieh, 16, a junior at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., shared the $100,000 top prize in the team category. They improved computer technology that could help locate the genetic roots of some inherited diseases like Alzheimer's, autism and bipolar disorder.

Lee and Shieh met at the gene research center at which they both have internships. They were assisted on their project by members of the institute.

"I would have been happy with anything," Shieh said.

Lee said dissecting a cow's eyeball early in her academic career inspired and encouraged her to study science.

Straight out nerds!

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"So this is it,huh?The end."

*CONGRATS for being First : xXxCURLY_QxXx (checkout her site)

Halo 2 Namertag : Puffy Cheechees

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:12:25 GMT

Do Online Surveys really pay? (part two)...

---So far I haven't even received a single survey to fill out. Are they ignoring me? Its a long process to even get started. They (Global Test Market click_to_visit_site ) ask you to fill out lots of surveys but for which you don't get nothing. According to them these surveys are so that they can pin point what kind of merchandise you would be interested in so that in the future they can send you surveys related to these items. I'm beginning to think that these unrewarding surveys are the ONLY surveys that I will be filling out. SCAM!

---More updates coming soon!

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Kiss of death for nut allergy girl
By Harry Mount in New York
(Filed: 29/11/2005)

A teenage girl with an extreme allergy has died after kissing her boyfriend who had eaten a peanut-butter sandwich hours earlier.

Christina Desforges, 15, from Saguenay, Canada, went into anaphylactic shock. She was given an adrenalin shot and taken to hospital but died four days later from acute respiratory failure.

Doctors said that a nut allergy brought on by the kiss was the cause of death. The boy, who has not been named, had minute traces of peanut on his lips.

"If peanuts are still in the mouth, or on the tongue or on the lips, they can cause a reaction," said Dr Karen Sigman, an allergy expert. "Teenagers with allergies have to let their friends know. If they are going to be dating somebody, then they have to tell the people they are close to that they are allergic to make sure they are not in contact with nuts or peanuts."

Christina is thought to have suffered a hyper-immune reaction. This causes the body to produce aggravated amounts of antibodies, leading to inflammatory hypersensitivity.

Peanut allergies are widespread but seldom fatal. The symptoms can include hives, plunging blood pressure and swelling of the face and throat, which can inhibit breathing.

About 1.5 million Americans are severely allergic to the smallest trace of peanuts and about 100 people a year die of food allergies in North America, mostly from exposure to nuts.

Christina's funeral will take place on Sunday.

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Hoop dreams.

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Friday, November 18, 2005

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:33:19 GMT

Do Online Surveys really pay?...

---I don't know but I'm about to find out. I just joined this survey site called Global Test Market ( click_to_visit_site ). According to them, for every survey that you take you accumulate points, points for which you can deposit to earn cash. But how do they pay the cash? Check? Directly to your bank? I'm not sure but I'm positive that it is specified somewhere in their site, I'm just a bit lazy right now to check.

---I'll come back later and tell you all if it worked. Maybe we can all join and earn some extra cash or not. Cross your fingers!

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Sculpture sets contemporary auction record of 23.8 million dollars

Fri Nov 18,10:04 AM ET

NEW YORK (AFP) - A large-scale metal sculpture by American artist David Smith has become the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at auction, fetching 23.8 million dollars at Sotheby's in New York.

Five bidders competed for Smith's "Cubi XXVII" which was the starting lot at a Wednesday evening sale of 54 contemporary works that brought in 114.5 million dollars.

The 1965 sculpture was finally snapped up by Manhattan dealer Larry Gagosian at nearly twice its high estimate of 12 million dollars.

AFP/OFF Photo American artist David Smith's large-scale metal structure 'Cubi XXVII,' seen here, has become the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at auction, fetching 23.8 million dollars at Sotheby's in New York (AFP/OFF)

Experts attributed the record price to the fact that most of Smith's works are in museums or permanent collections and therefore make extremely rare auction appearances.

"This exceedingly rare work was the pinnacle of a four-decade career," said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art and the auctioneer for the evening.

The second best price of the evening was the 9.2 million dollars paid for "Jackie Frieze," one of two works in which Andy Warhol assembled portraits of Jackie Kennedy in a frieze format.

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Smaller every time.

*CONGRATS for being First : Cheer_Hottie_04 (checkout her site)

Halo 2 Namertag : Puffy Cheechees

Myspace Link : http://www.myspace.com/3572464

*MATCHES*
	GER	v	CRC	09-Jun
	POL	v	ECU	09-Jun
	GER	v	POL	14-Jun
	CRC	v	ECU	15-Jun
	CRC	v	POL	20-Jun
	GER	v	ECU	20-Jun