did you know?

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that.)

Starfish don't have brains. (I know some people like this, too.)

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight and pull 30 times its own weight.

Polar bears are left handed.

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of six football fields.

A cockroach will live 9 days without its head before it starves to death.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

Pearls melt in vinegar. (and wine)

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/two communications)

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down-hence the expression "to get fired."

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. (Actually, I'd heard that it was because of the sound the machine makes everytime it shoots out a block of kisses; it's a smacking sound like an exaggerated kiss.)

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

The man who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek is missing the entire middle finger of his right hand.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929. "7 " was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP " indicated the direction of the bubbles.

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

American car horns beep in the tone of F. (Then why do some sound high and others low?)

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. (Wrong. I just did it by taping five sheets of tissue paper together and folding them eight times. I think what they're talking about is that you can't get a sharp crease... which I couldn't.)

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA"

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. (This could be fixed... what if Nike doesn't have a factory in Malaysia?)

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal" The second? William Jefferson Clinton. (It would be fun to see what other words can be found in other president's names: obscenities, different names, expressions for the devil? This really isn't fair because most people have enough letters in their three names to make out something negative.)

How do you spend less money?

What are things you have done to save money? I've many so many changes since two years ago, so I'm listing everything I'm doing now that I used to not do before. Here goes:

Electricity
-I unplug everything that is not in use. I save about half of my electricity.
-I try to do all or most of my homework during the day. When its dark, I go to the library which is 2 minutes away and closes late so I wont use the lights at home.
-I use my laptop and I charge it at school, library, or starbucks.
-Over the summer, forget the air conditioner. I use a fan (and I always turn it off when I leave the room) or I stay outside and go hang out in air conditioned places.
-My family tends to stay in the same room so we have the lights on in only one room at a time
-We use fluorescent lightbulbs. They use so much less energy (75% less) and last a lot longer than regular ones (I used to have to replace my bulbs every 2-3 months. Now with fluorescent lightbulbs I haven't had to replace it in over two years)

Extra Expenses
-I dont have internet. I use someone else's wireless.
-I don't have cable. You can find almost any show online at Hulu.com or something. Maybe even youtube. Besides, getting rid of cable means you'll have the TV turned on less often and you'll save electricity.
-I used to have netflix and paid $20 a month. Then I realized I can get almost all of these movies for free at the library! For those movies I cant get at the library, netflix has this thing where you can put your account on hold for 90 days at a time.
-When I go to the movies, I buy a child's ticket at the machine (they rarely really check anyway) and I see more than one movie at a time.

Transportation
-Since I live in New York City, we dont have a car. That way we dont have to pay $300+ monthly on parking.
-For New Yorkers, sharing an unlimited metrocard with friends and family saves so much money.

Food and household products
-I always eat at home and I take my own lunch to school
-When buying groceries or household items, I never get anything full price. Always one sale!
-Eat less. I used to overeat a lot. I spent so much money on food and I got sick more. Now I eat normally and I spend less money on food and medical expenses and I have a better body.
-It's really cheap, but I usually go into fast food restaurants and take napkins. I haven't bought paper towels in over a year.
-I go to Costco's often (I carpool with friends) and I save SO much money.
-I dont buy water bottles. $1 a day or twice a day is too much. I save $30-$60 per month and I buy a refillable SIGG bottle and get water from home.
-I dont usually buy name brands.

Medical
-To avoid constant trips to the doctor's office, I have a notebook full of questions so I can ask him all these questions in one visit. When he prescribes something, I ask him for samples. If I need to get the prescription, I avoid the pharmacy and get them online. Much cheaper.

Pets
-They're really expensive. Expect to pay over $60 monthly on food alone. One annual check up with the vet can easily cost you $300. Emergencies/medications/surgeries can cost you thousands of dollars. If you dont have pets, then I suggest you keep it that way. But if you really want one or you already have pets and dont want to find them a new home (like me!), then you can still save.
-I always buy my cats things on sale. And I mix their litter with shredded paper. That way one 25lb box of litter lasts about 4 months.
-Don't overfeed your pets. Same reason you shouldnt overeat. More food expenses and more health issues.

Entertainment/ Vacation
-You dont always have to spend money. Hang out with friends at home, have a picnic (money on food, but that's minimal if everyone pitches in).
-There are places that are free on certain days. For example, here in NYC, the bronx zoo is pay what you wish on wednesdays. For me that means free. The Met museum of art is always pay what you wish.
-I tend to go on vacation when prices are cheaper. So I avoid holiday vacations and long weekend vacations.

Living Space
-If you're really short of cash, which many New Yorkers are, you can always rent a spare bedroom. You'd be surprised at how much people would pay for a bedroom in NYC.

I also don't use toilet paper at all. I just wait until I shower the next day to clean myself.
Just kidding.

Since I started doing all these things, we've saved up at thousands of money annually.
I just wanted to put some of these ideas out there and maybe find out what other people are doing?
Dan, I get what you mean, and I've thought of it too. But when we share metrocards, its not like we go out of our way to share it. We usually have different schedules. I commute in the morning and she commutes at night, so we thought it didnt make sense to buy two metrocards. If we needed to though, we would buy a second one.
And I figured if someone didnt want someone else to use their wireless, they would use a password, right?

Did you know ...........?

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that.)

Starfish don't have brains. (I know some people like this, too.)

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight and pull 30 times its own weight.

Polar bears are left handed.

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of six football fields.

A cockroach will live 9 days without its head before it starves to death.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

Pearls melt in vinegar. (and wine)

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/two communications)

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down-hence the expression "to get fired."

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. (Actually, I'd heard that it was because of the sound the machine makes everytime it shoots out a block of kisses; it's a smacking sound like an exaggerated kiss.)

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

The man who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek is missing the entire middle finger of his right hand.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929. "7 " was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP " indicated the direction of the bubbles.

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

American car horns beep in the tone of F. (Then why do some sound high and others low?)

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. (Wrong. I just did it by taping five sheets of tissue paper together and folding them eight times. I think what they're talking about is that you can't get a sharp crease... which I couldn't.)

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 years of age or older.

The first product to
have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. sorry that didn'y get posted

Does my landlord have to provide exterior lighting and hot water in laundry room?

I live in a complex owned by a man with multiple properties in the area. For the first two years in this place..(I have been here for 3 1/2 years), it was a pretty decent place. However, the landlord has turned into real miser with my complex. For example...

There is NO exterior lighting in front of the complex, nor are any of the pathways lit. The pathways also are riddled with potholes and uneven concrete. When I leave for work in the mornings, it is still dark outside, and PITCH BLACK! This not only creates an unsafe condition for walking, but is also a playground and paradise for theives and anyone wanting to assult a lone female...ME! I have HAD items stolen off of my front porch, insignificant items though, such as barbeque accesories and untensils.

The hot water outlet to the washing machine in the common laundry room was turned off, so he can save money. We can now only use cold water to launder our clothes and stains and such do not come out. Maybe this sounds more like an annoyance than anything, but I don't know what the law is on hot water to a washing machine. Also, he has been notified several times, that the washing machine steals quarters, yet has done nothing in two years to fix this. So in a year's time, this guy is collecting free quarters from all tenants, which adds up I'm sure.

He has made my neighbor a sort of manager/custodian of the property. This guy has literally taken over the complex, with his junk cars, debris, filled up the back yard area with useless junk, and the landlord is also using this area to store his items that he buys at garage sales, etc... The "manager" parks in a diagnol fashion, taking up two spaces at a time, There is a large Uhaul van that the landlord bought, parked in the driveway, as well as a very ugly, broken down p/u truck that the "manager" purchased. The place has just deteriorated.

Do these conditions make the complex, unihabitable?

Name of rap/hip hop song?

ok, this is gonna be a tough one, I don't know any lyrics to this song. its a rap/hip hop song and as far as i know has mostly a male singer. the only part of the song i do know is a machine produced beat(at least i think) and goes something like ba baba baa baba baba ba, it repeats a beat like that 3 or so times and in between each full cycle of the beat there is another higher pitched, and a bit quicker bada ba.

sorry thats all the info i have but i only heared the song like once and didnt pay much attention to the other parts. i would really appreciate any response, so even if youre not 100% sure its the song just answer and ill check it out,

Was Pharaoh Cheops (A.K.A. Khufu), creator of the Great Pyramid stimulus program , the Egyptian Barack Obama?

From Herodotus (Book 2; translation by G.C. Macaulay):

124. Down to the time when Rhampsinitos was king, they told me there was in Egypt nothing but orderly rule, and Egypt prospered greatly; but after him Cheops became king over them and brought them to every kind of evil: for he shut up all the temples, and having first kept them from sacrificing there, he then bade all the Egyptians work for him. So some were appointed to draw stones from the stone-quarries in the Arabian mountains to the Nile, and others he ordered to receive the stones after they had been carried over the river in boats, and to draw them to those which are called the Libyan mountains; and they worked by a hundred thousand men at a time, for each three months continually. Of this oppression there passed ten years while the causeway was made by which they drew the stones, which causeway they built, and it is a work not much less, as it appears to me, than the pyramid; for the length of it is five furlongs and the breadth ten fathoms and the height, where it is highest, eight fathoms, and it is made of stone smoothed and with figures carved upon it. For this, they said, the ten years were spent, and for the underground chambers on the hill upon which the pyramids stand, which he caused to be made as sepulchral chambers for himself in an island, having conducted thither a channel from the Nile. For the making of the pyramid itself there passed a period of twenty years; and the pyramid is square, each side measuring eight hundred feet, and the height of it is the same. It is built of stone smoothed and fitted together in the most perfect manner, not one of the stones being less than thirty feet in length. 125. This pyramid was made after the manner of steps, which some call "rows" and others "bases": and when they had first made it thus, they raised the remaining stones with machines made of short pieces of timber, raising them first from the ground to the first stage of the steps, and when the stone got up to this it was placed upon another machine standing on the first stage, and so from this it was drawn to the second upon another machine; for as many as were the courses of the steps, so many machines there were also, or perhaps they transferred one and the same machine, made so as easily to be carried, to each stage successively, in order that they might take up the stones; for let it be told in both ways, according as it is reported. However that may be, the highest parts of it were finished first, and afterwards they proceeded to finish that which came next to them, and lastly they finished the parts of it near the ground and the lowest ranges. On the pyramid it is declared in Egyptian writing how much was spent on radishes and onions and leeks for the workmen, and if I rightly remember that which the interpreter said in reading to me this inscription, a sum of one thousand six hundred talents of silver was spent; and if this is so, how much besides is likely to have been expended upon the iron with which they worked, and upon bread and clothing for the workmen, seeing that they were building the works for the time which has been mentioned and were occupied for no small time besides, as I suppose, in the cutting and bringing of the stones and in working at the excavation under the ground? 126. Cheops moreover came, they said, to such a pitch of wickedness, that being in want of money he caused his own daughter to sit in the stews, and ordered her to obtain from those who came a certain amount of money (how much it was they did not tell me); but she not only obtained the sum appointed by her father, but also she formed a design for herself privately to leave behind her a memorial, and she requested each man who came in to her to give her one stone upon her building: and of these stones, they told me, the pyramid was built which stands in front of the great pyramid in the middle of the three, each side being one hundred and fifty feet in length.

127. This Cheops, the Egyptians said, reigned fifty years; and after he was dead his brother Chephren succeeded to the kingdom. This king followed the same manner as the other, both in all the rest and also in that he made a pyramid, not indeed attaining to the measurements of that which was built by the former (this I know, having myself also measured it), and moreover there are no underground chambers beneath nor does a channel come from the Nile flowing to this one as to the other, in which the water coming through a conduit built for it flows round an island within, where they say that Cheops himself is laid: but for a basement he built the first course of Ethiopian stone of divers colours; and this pyramid he made forty feet lower than the other as regards size, building it close to the great pyramid. These stand both upon the same hill, which is about a hundred feet high. And Chephren they said reigned fifty and six years.

Screaming computer - help?

I ordered a 'Mesh Ice 7 Dx11' desktop as a little christmas present for me as my old machine had recently packed up. The guys at mesh had a little problem getting the parts due to lack of supply and it eventually arrived 8 days late on new years eve 31/12/09. not really a problem for me. I followed the instructions which basically said power cables from the mains 1 to the monitor and 1 to the computer followed by the signal cable computer to the monitor.
Having turned it on all i hear is a high pitched screaming sound coming from the computer and after trying w/ two different monitors and two different signal cables neither monitor could detect a signal.

It seems to have 2 digital outputs instead of wht I would have expected, 1 analog and 1 digital. Was just wondering if perhaps anybody else was having this problem even with a different machine and if maybe there was a way to solve it? Could it have been sent without all the parts?

Any help will be greatly appreciated, but please sensible answers only i'm not gonna sacrifice goats or anything.

Help with BIOS beeps..?

I just cleaned my PC, unplugging the main parts and cleaning the dust off, as ive done many times before.

Now I come home and turn on the pc... everything works fine.

Suddently the machine stops working suddently powers off.

I try to turn it on again and i get a sequence of beeps:

One high pitched tone, one lower pitched tone,another high pitched tone and one final lower pitched tone.

Then the pc powers off.

The intel page says it may be a loose screw in the the mainboard, but i didnt unscrewed the mainboard, only the memory and cards..

Any ideas?

Paley Philosopher Argument... I have spent 3 hours trying to get it...please help...?

THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
WILLIAM PALEY
THE EVIDENCE OF DESIGN
In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked
how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I
knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very
easy to shew the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon
the ground, and it should be enquired how the watch happened to be in that
place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given, that, for
any thing I knew, the watch might have always been there. Yet why should not
this answer serve for the watch as well as for the stone? Why is it not as
admissible in the second case, as in the first? For this reason, and for no
other, viz. that, when we come to inspect the watch, we perceive (what we could
not discover in the stone) that its several parts are framed and put together
for a purpose, e.g. that they are so formed and adjusted as to produce motion,
and that motion so regulated as to point out the hour of the day; that, if the
several parts had been differently shaped from what they are, of a different
size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other
order, than that in which they are placed, either no motion at all would have
been carried on in the machine, or none which would have answered the use that
is now served by it. To reckon up a few of the plainest of these parts, and of
their offices, all tending to one result:- We see a cylindrical box containing a
coiled, elastic spring, which, by its endeavour to relax itself, turns round the
box. We next observe a flexible chain (artificially wrought for the sake of
flexure) communicating the action of the spring from the box to the fusee. We
then find a series of wheels, the teeth of which catch in, and apply to, each
other, conducting the motion from the fusee to the balance, and from the balance
to the pointer; and at the same time, by the size and shape of those wheels, so
regulating that motion, as to terminate in causing an index, by an equable and
measured progression, to pass over a given space in a given time. We take notice
that the wheels are made of brass, in order to keep them from rust; the springs
of steel, no other metal being so elastic; that over the face" of the watch
there is placed a glass, a material employed in no other part of the work, but
in the room of which, if there had been any other than a transparent substance,
the hour could
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William Paley (1743-1805) was an English theologian and a teacher of moral
philosophy at Cambridge. His important writings include Evidences of
Christianity and Natural Theology. THE EVIDENCE OF DESIGN From Natural Theology
(ninth edition). London. Printed for R. Faulder, 1805.
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not be seen without opening the case. This mechanism being observed (it requires
indeed an examination of the instrument, and perhaps some previous knowledge of
the subject, to perceive and understand it; but being once, as we have said,
observed and understood), the inference, we think, is inevitable, that the watch
must have had a maker: that there must have existed, at some time and at some
place or other, an artificer or artificers who formed it for the purpose which
we find it actually to answer; who comprehended its construction, and designed
its use.
Nor would it, I apprehend, weaken the conclusion, that we had never seen a watch
made; that we had never known an artist capable of making one; that we were
altogether incapable of executing such a piece of workmanship ourselves, or of
understanding in what manner it was performed; all this being no more than what
is true of some exquisite remains of ancient art, of some lost arts, and, to the
generality of mankind, of the more curious productions of modern manufacture.
Does one man in a million know how oval frames are turned? Ignorance of this
kind exalts our opinion of the unseen and unknown, artist's skill, if he be
unseen and unknown, but raises no doubt in our minds of the existence and agency
of such an artist, at some former time, and in some place or other. Nor can I
perceive that it varies at all the inference, whether the question arise
concerning a human agent, or concerning an agent of a different species, or an
agent possessing, in some respects, a different nature.
II
Neither, secondly, would it invalidate our conclusion, that the watch sometimes
went wrong, or that it seldom went exactly right. The purpose of the machinery,
the design, and the designer, might be evident, and in the case supposed would
be evident, in whatever way we accounted for the irregularity of the movement,
or whether we could account for it or not. It is not necessary that a machine be
perfect, in order to shew with what design it was made: still less necessary,
where the only question is, whether it were made with any design at all.
III

What movie had creatures underground that fought the army on earth?

I know that is not a very good description. The movie had to come out between 1995-2005. To be honest I remember it being a kind of dumb sci-fi movie. The part I remember is alien like creatures (technically mutants or monsters) that come out of the ground. As they come out of the ground they are being battled by the US army, and at one point the creatures overtake the army. This scene is towards the end, and I forgot the conclusion of the movie.

For the record it is not descent, mimic, the time machine, the cave, the cavern, or pitch black. Although it is sort of like pitch black, but on earth. This definitely took place on earth, which is why I think the creatures were mutants of this planet.

Any help?!?!
Thanks so much!
I appreciate the comments, but it is not Starship Troopers or C.H.U.D. The scene I am thinking of (which unfortunately is the only scene I can think of) is very similar to S.T. with the "creatures" coming up from the ground, but it definitely takes place on Earth. Thanks for the suggestions though!

Would you be pleased if ,.... this thing happen in future cricket,..?

Test matches may never be the same again if researchers can discover how and why cricket balls respond to different types of grass and pitch.

Across the Pennines from Old Trafford in England, a researcher from Sheffield University has developed a special-purpose high-speed stroboscopic camera to help study the way cricket balls react with the surface of a cricket pitch.

The project is supported by the pitches research group of the England and Wales Cricket Board. It is part of a larger initiative at the Sports Turf Research Institute aimed at discovering how pitch turf conditions and treatments affect playing conditions.

To achieve this, special equipment has been designed at Aberystwyth University in Wales to take samples of pitches from each of the six Test match cricket grounds in the country. Two trial areas have been set up at the institute with samples of turf taken last year from these grounds. One area is being used to determine the best soil and construction method. The other is used to compare ball performance with different grasses.

Twenty-seven trial plots of approximately 1.25 square metres, have been set up and measured for friction, hardness and wear. Cricket balls, marked for later identification, will be fired at these test areas from a bowling machine of the type used for cricket practice.

The speed, spin and angle of the ball will be recorded by two stroboscopic cameras, one for the vertical and the other for the horizontal plane, before and after it strikes the turf. Unlike earlier attempts to analyse cricket balls in flight, the images will be recorded digitally under stroboscopic light flashing on and off 350 times a second.

The cameras will be triggered by a light beam and the results stored on a hard disc. The resulting images, which can be seen on a screen, will be in the form of a "still" with a series of consecutive images of the ball passing through the field of view before and after impact. Measurements from these images taken from markings on the ball will indicate how the cricket ball reacts with different pitches. The work is not intended to lead to a standard type of pitch, but to provide a better understanding of how cricket pitches behave.

Full results of the trials are expected in three years~

Are they really serrious?

As much as I Love Scotland and the Scots this will never happen against the Mighty Black Machine
Scotland have been urged to visualise their feelings of elation following what would be just a first-ever win over the All Blacks this weekend.

The All Blacks will meet the Frank Hadden-coached Scots at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, on Sunday, with Scotland winless over the All Blacks despite 103 years of competition.

The closest Scotland has ever gotten to beating the All Blacks was a 0-0 draw when the two sides clashed in 1964.

Despite the fact Scotland is likely to field a near B-strength team on Sunday morning (New Zealand time), the Home Nations under-achievers have been told to think big.

Part of that renewed belief has been put down to a mentoring programme for their test stars, one which has seen former All Black great Sean Fitzpatrick provide advice with Scotland hooker Ross Ford.

The programme is part of the 'Winning Scotland Foundation', the brainchild of former Scotland wing and multi-millionaire Bill Gammell.

"I would never expect to go out onto any pitch anywhere without the belief that I could win, so the most important thing (against New Zealand) is for the coach to ensure the players absolutely believe they are fully capable of winning," Gammell said.

"I believe that any Scottish team must go out onto the park believing it can win and that comes from the leadership inspiring individuals to believe they can win.

"It is totally in the mental attitude, the power of a positive mental and winning attitude is huge. From where I sat, Scotland should have beaten Argentina in the World Cup, but I don't believe the players believed they could.

"The players take responsibility on the pitch, they make the decisions, and have total self-belief and the difference between a successful and unsuccessful rugby player is being mentally strong, having self-belief.

"The point of Winning Mentors is trying to put the experience of guys from the past, who have learnt lessons, who have seen the challenges Scottish internationals face, to help them recognise that there is no bar (to achievement); it's up to the individual to get there.

"I'd have everyone visualising how great we're going to feel when we beat New Zealand and have the players to visualise and believe that."

The All Blacks arrive in Edinburgh on Tuesday morning (New Zealand time).

They will be without regular starting hooker Andrew Hore, ruled out of the remainder of the season-ending tour after less than five minutes of Saturday night's 19-14 win over the Wallabies.

Veteran fullback Mils Muliaina will also miss the clash after deciding to fend off the first two tests of the tour following the birth of his first child.

Joining Fitzpatrick in the mentoring programme, are former Scottish greats Roy Laidlaw, John Rutherford, Jim Calder, David Sole, Colin Deans, Gordon Bulloch and Gregor Townsend.

Scottish tennis ace Scott Murray is also involved.

Townsend was no stranger at tasting defeat at the hands of the All Blacks during his lengthy test career.

He said any initiative such as the mentoring programme had to be good for the fortunes of the Scottish national team.

"I've been overwhelmed by the response of these mentors, 25 in all, who all genuinely want to help, which is fantastic for Scottish rugby," he said.

"The concept of mentoring has proven very successful in business and education, and research has shown to be successful in sport as well.

"Everybody who has made it to the top has had a mentor at some point in their lives, but there have been no real formal programmes in sport, not just in Scotland, but around the world, in mentoring like this.

"Already I am seeing the relationships take off and it's very exciting for me because I believe it can make a huge difference to the players."

Price - U ever thought of getting a life
wpwdwarf- 1 sent, happy now

What do you think of this?

What do you think about this?
WARNING
I AM NEW AT WRITING. I JUST STARTED YESTERDAY. I WILL ADD PART OF THE FIRST CHAPTER LATER. I JUST COPIED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I WANTED NEW PEOPLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.

Preface
The pain seared into my skin. How could this pain be so important? I couldn’t understand. No, I am not emotional if that’s what you’re thinking. I screamed for someone to help me. Some of the girls turned away and covered their ears. The guys just looked solemn. Most of all, my own mother would not help me. I looked with fear with what life I had left. I slowly went into the cold darkness.

I fumbled to get the seatbelt or whatever you call it off. My mother was getting irritated with me stuck in my seat. " Yes!!" I said. "Finally." When we got to the airport, I went smack into the vending machine. "Eeep!!" I squeaked before I went down. "Ugh, what am I going to do with you, Victoria?" My mother inquired. I laughed. "It's your fault that you concieved me, mom." She picked me up with no effort. "Another trip to my personal office", my mother sighed while saying. " How did you slam into the machine anyway?" I was trying to get out of the airport before they closed." I said

"You and your fears, and it's only 3:00 in the afternoon!"
"But.. But.."
" Cmon." my mother said. " You stay close to me, you understand? I don't want you to to smack right into the window next." She chuckled. She thinks she's funny but she's not. She is kinda like me only she's more calmer, most of the time anyway.

I shook my head, trying to get the stars out. My name is Victoria and I am asian. My mother says that she ate too many thing with soy sause. At first, I didn't get it, but after many years, I got it. I was a VERY tan asian. Most people don't think I am from a family that is pale as white. They think I am from some Philipino family. Some stupid idiots have made fun of me for it and as the effect, I socked them in the face.

We walked out of the the airport without me gettiing more injuries. "Where is the house?" "Be quiet" my mother said with a stern voice. "Ok. TAXI!!!!" my mother screamed. It had seem that all the windows broke at the start my mother yelled. She has a VERY loud and high pitched voice. I have the same genes which did not help me during high school tryouts to be singing. One thing about my voice that is different with hers is that I can actually sing. But sometimes her genes take over and then I have to be sent home with a bill attached to my homework.
A taxi cab came and we entered. The taxi man looked scared as if my mother was going to scream her head off. She handed the place she wanted to go. The man shut the window that was the only thing we had to talk to him. I gave her a pity look which I had PLENTY of. "What?" my mom obviously did not get the fact that she scared the man out of his wits. "Nothing" She looked at me with skepticism like she was trying to read my thoughts.
Oh, before I continue with my first chapter. Let me clarify, this will NOT be a lovey-dovey book. It will be violence, power, danger and a pinch of love