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yes, I love soccer. No, I'm not really that into it, hardly know ANYTHING that's going on, but I came across this article and I just HAD to post it. Yes, I do chear for BRAZIL! ! ! :-p

WORLD CUP 2006: Whatever the draw, Brazil is the favorite to win
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LONDON -- From Argentina to Angola, England to Ecuador, the 32 contenders for the World Cup title all dream of winning the game's biggest prize.

Realistically, it looks like a one-horse race.

As the coaches descend on Leipzig, Germany, wondering who they'll get in the draw on Dec. 9, they have one other major concern: How do you stop Brazil?

The United States is back for the fifth time in a row and hoping to improve on its quarterfinal finish in 2002. Argentina, Italy, France and host Germany are among the leading candidates to reach the final, and the English believe they have their best team since they won the title 39 years ago.

But they all have an eye on the defending champions, who arguably will bring the strongest Brazilian national team ever to the 2006 World Cup. Carlos Alberto Parreira's team is a favorite to win a sixth title no matter who it draws in its group.

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Druids reveal the mystery of mistletoe
Tue Dec 6,10:29 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) (from Yahoo News)

"Traditionally mistletoe was considered to be the semen of the gods and of the forest, because the berries contain a liquid that looks like and has the texture of semen," he said.

"This is the real reason we kiss under it at Christmas, this and because mistletoe blooms in the dark womb of wintertime."

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Snow comes to deserts of Dubai
By Julia Wheeler
BBC News, Dubai

Built on what was previously desert sand, the slopes are to be covered with manufactured snow all year round.

The centre will have green, blue, red and black runs, chairlifts and snow patrols, like any other ski resort.

The area under snow is the equivalent of three football pitches, with runs built inside a giant, slanting metal tube around 25 floors high.




Ski school

A snow park next door has tobogganing, icy bobsleigh runs and a ski school.

Anyone wanting to ski on the main slopes will have to prove their confidence before being allowed to do so.

All clothing and equipment is provided in the entrance price of $35, including black, knee-length padded coats for any Arabs who prefer to wear their traditional kandouras to visit the snow - but skiing in the robes will be banned.

The snow is made by shooting water at high pressure into an atmosphere maintained at around freezing point by coolers both below and above the slopes.

Until now Dubai has been a destination for warm beach holidays.

But the ski slope is likely to be most popular, especially for residents, during Dubai's harsh summer when temperatures reach well above 40C.

As seen on BBC...
More photos of the "Dubai Ski Resort".

Next, pics of my kids: first time on skis....no, not in Dubai, but in Switzerland.

"When I count to three, you pop the clutch, and see if it starts, ok??"

Dolphin assassins menace Gulf of Mexico

Rogue cetacean death squad may be armed
By Thomas C Greene in Washington
Published Monday 26th September 2005 08:24 GMT

Heavily-armed, frightened, and confused. No, we don't mean the Bush Administration, but a group of killer dolphins trained by the US Navy and lately washed into the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricane Katrina, if The Guardian is to be believed.

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