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How are some people able to commit horrible crimes likeserial killings?and actually enjoy doing this? It all comesdown to the old-fashioned concept of empathy?the ability toput ourselves in someone else’s shoes. At one time,scientists didn’t understand how ANYONE was able to do this.Psychologists have identified people they?ve labeled”sociopaths,” who do not have a conscience and are unable toimagine how other people feel. We know these people aremade, not born, usually by extensive abuse in earlychildhood. But how did the rest of us avoid this sad fate?The answer could be mirror neurons.
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According to letters received from Unknowncountry.comreaders, C-Span was not available on some cable outletsduring the broadcast of David Ray Griffin’s talk, “911 andthe American Empire.”

The audio portion of Dr. Griffin’s talk is available byclicking on the word “Dreamland” on our masthead, andnavigating to the last item in the list.

Professor Griffin’s books “The New PearlHarbor” and “The 911 Commission Report: Omissions andDistortions” make a carefully documented and disturbing casethat the Bush Administration had foreknowledge of the 911events but did nothing to stop them, or was actuallyinvolved in their planning.

What REALLY happened on 911? It turns out the truth has beenin planesite all this time.
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Agence France-Presse – Toads have beenexploding bythe hundreds in Germany because they are being attacked bycrows, a veterinary surgeon revealed on Thursday.Animal welfare workers and veterinarians had reported thatas many as 1,000 toads had swelled to bursting point andexploded in recent days, propelling their entrails up threefeet into the air.
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A sunspot that appeared on April 25 has grown to five timesthe size of the earth as it transits the solar disk. It isunusual for large sunspots to continue to appear so longafter a solar max. The peak of the eleven year solaractivity cycle was 11 years ago.

At present, this sunspot appears capable of producingM-class solar flares, but if it continues to grow over thenext few days, it might generate X-class flares.

The fact that sunspots are still appearing during a solarminimum is not a sign of danger, but it is unusual enough tobe of interest to solar scientists. It may portend adramatic solar max next time. The next solar maximum willpeak in 2012.
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