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SHADE Eh, I'm awfully sorry. I didn't get the rules. I should have changed two letters. So here we go : SHARK

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Seems rather obvious, but here we go anyway GIVE

Sadly Sungazer couldn't get more out of my "hole" than a "roll". Ofcourse it's against the rules of this game, but I don't blame him. His "roll" is kind of original. But don't let it happen again!!! Ok, let's proceed with a new word : file Oh, there it was Meriadoc who got me, by clicking quicker. My "file" was a reply to jjpriest25's "fill". Well, I guess you guys have the choise now to reply either to Meriadoc's "dill" or to my "file". But that would make the game a bit chaotic. Is there any rule to this case?

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Look how this bulldog has fun !!! http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0 Having seen this video, I'm now trying to familiarize my dog with the skateboard. She doesn't seem to see the fun of it for the moment, but maybe later. You never know.

As an "elderly" man, I like the oldies from the late sixties, begin seventies. Led Zeppelin, Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa & the Mothers, Genesis (I saw Peter Gabriel perform in 1975 on Genesis' last "The Lamb lies down on Broadway tour". Pretty awsome!!). But that doesn't mean I'm a fossil. I'm also open to nowadays performers, and I can appreciate the music of a band like the Babyshambles. By the way, these guys seem to be inspired quite a lot by some groups from the sixties, like the Kinks. This is remarkable, because as a rockband in the seventies, you couldn't think of being inspired by music from 40 years ago!! Music in those days seemed to evolve rather quickly, from the rockabilly of Bo Diddley of 1960 into the premisses of Hard Rock of Jimi Hendrix in 1967. Those were the days!!

It's not surprising to see the Catholic church issueing this statement. Well, the part about birthcontrol is nothing new. Catholics seem to believe that only God has the right to decide how much children you can have, despite all social, economic and ecological problems that overpopulation produces. As to the Pope's statement that "polluting the environment is a sin", well it's better than nothing. But I somehow don't have the impression Catholics are that concerned with ecological problems. Just look at the people who support Berlusconi in Italy. They are all good Catholics, but they don't give a [bleeped!] for environmental issues!! These statements of the Pope are outdated, because they don't have any impact. Nobody will stop committing sins, just because the Pope says you might be sent to hell after you die!! It's ridiculous!! We're not living in the Middle Ages anymore!!

As a European I don't vote for the American presidential elections, but that doesn't mean I don't have an opinion on the candidates. In the poll I voted for Obama. I think he has the capacity to lead this great Nation that is the USA. And I also think he is able to get the USA out of the dead end street in which it got stuck lately. I hope Obama (if he get's elected president) will give back the USA its leading role in the world, but on another basis as sofar, being more solidary and respectfull with other countries.

Frankie, the link does work!! It is a downloadable file, in *.avi format. Either you open it, and play it with, for example, a program like Realplayer, or you download it to your local hard disk and play it. Hope you got it. Enjoy...

I totally agree with you meriadoc, specially when you say that there are more urgent problems to solve. But that doesn't need to prevent us from having ideas about the origin of this planet. I think that's one of the main things of being a human. Human beings are able to think about their origin, as well as their destiny. And they are also able to have some influence on their future. Let's hope that humans and their societies make the best of it in the near future.

I approve the opinion of Suiren. The theory of the "Big Bang" as well as evolution are not contrary to the idea of the existance of a "God". There are even theologists who "believe" in both, like the French Catholic philosopher Teillard du Chardin (he was a clergyman, but did also scientific work as a palaeolontogist and an archaeologist in China). As a professional archaeologist I'm convinced of the "Big Bang" theory and the evolution. But I'm not against the idea of the existence of a God. Allthough I must say I don't really "believe". One of my University professors, the American prehistorian Ray Newell, told me once that to believe, it's something you do in church, but in science "belief" is less helpfull. Science is about facts. Things and events you can prove, and reproduce repeatedly. But a lot of religious people would say that they have very strong proof for the presence and the acts of God. But as a non believer I just don't feel nor see it. So that makes the discussion with religious people difficult.

The central question of this item is "Who got the beginning of the world right". Is there anyone who wants to discuss that? As an professional archaeologist I'm convinced of the scientific view, that is a beginning with a "Big Bang" followed by a very slow evolution, leading to the forming of planet Earth and life (animals and plants).