Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
The Daily Beast has obtained the speeches Sarah Palin planned to deliver on Election Night 2008--win or lose. Read the words the McCain camp didn't want her to say. One year ago Wednesday, the McCain/Palin ticket suffered a resounding electoral defeat. But for Sarah Palin, it was still only the beginning of her reign as the most talked about Republican in America--a title she can rightfully claim to this day, as her very name continues to elicit emotions ranging from abhorrence to adoration.
The Daily Beast has obtained the speeches Sarah Palin planned to deliver on Election Night 2008--win or lose. Read the words the McCain camp didn't want her to say.
One year ago Wednesday, the McCain/Palin ticket suffered a resounding electoral defeat. But for Sarah Palin, it was still only the beginning of her reign as the most talked about Republican in America--a title she can rightfully claim to this day, as her very name continues to elicit emotions ranging from abhorrence to adoration.
Here's some great additional footage from the Ares I-X flight taken from a chase plane, which shows the entire flight, including booster separation and parachute deploy -- and the problems that happened with the parachutes. The video was taken from a Cessna Skymaster aircraft positioned approx. 10 nautical miles away from the vehicle at an altitude of 12,000 feet. The videographer used a gyro-stabilized high-definition camera system mounted to the outside of the aircraft to capture this spectacular footage which provides extremely valuable engineering data, and imagery of the recovery sequence in rarely-seen detail. This provides NASA with additional critical data from vehicle ascent, booster deceleration and parachute deploy.
Here's some great additional footage from the Ares I-X flight taken from a chase plane, which shows the entire flight, including booster separation and parachute deploy -- and the problems that happened with the parachutes.
The video was taken from a Cessna Skymaster aircraft positioned approx. 10 nautical miles away from the vehicle at an altitude of 12,000 feet. The videographer used a gyro-stabilized high-definition camera system mounted to the outside of the aircraft to capture this spectacular footage which provides extremely valuable engineering data, and imagery of the recovery sequence in rarely-seen detail. This provides NASA with additional critical data from vehicle ascent, booster deceleration and parachute deploy.
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons has revealed that he chose a very un-rock star method of transport to the band's Wembley concert last week.Instead of the usual chauffeur-driven car, the Texas rocker bought a ticket for the Tube - which then broke down. "To the disbelief of many I decided to take the Tube," said Gibbons, who has played with ZZ Top since 1969. The musician picked up the Marshall 11 award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards in London on Monday.
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons has revealed that he chose a very un-rock star method of transport to the band's Wembley concert last week.
Instead of the usual chauffeur-driven car, the Texas rocker bought a ticket for the Tube - which then broke down.
"To the disbelief of many I decided to take the Tube," said Gibbons, who has played with ZZ Top since 1969.
The musician picked up the Marshall 11 award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards in London on Monday.
Raw garlic may not be most people's idea of a tasty snack, but details have emerged of Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan's unlikely fondness for munching on the herb.Although it's renowned for its many healthy properties as well as being a traditional safeguard against vampires, Mr Lenihan is reported to have used it to stay awake during late-night talks about the Republic's troubled economy. The revelation emerged in an extract from a book by economist and television personality David McWilliams, who says he met the minister in September 2008 at the height of the banking crisis.
Raw garlic may not be most people's idea of a tasty snack, but details have emerged of Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan's unlikely fondness for munching on the herb.
Although it's renowned for its many healthy properties as well as being a traditional safeguard against vampires, Mr Lenihan is reported to have used it to stay awake during late-night talks about the Republic's troubled economy.
The revelation emerged in an extract from a book by economist and television personality David McWilliams, who says he met the minister in September 2008 at the height of the banking crisis.
BNP leader Nick Griffin has been refused permission to visit the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria on security grounds.Mr Griffin said he wanted to visit the site, which sits within his North West European Parliament constituency, because he is pro-nuclear power. But Sellafield Limited, which operates the site, said it was concerned about security and possible demonstrations. Mr Griffin said the decision prevented him from doing his job as an MEP. The BNP leader sits on the European Parliament's environment committee and in that capacity asked to visit Sellafield. But the nuclear plant refused, claiming it could cause "an unnecessary distraction" and be a safety risk.
BNP leader Nick Griffin has been refused permission to visit the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria on security grounds.
Mr Griffin said he wanted to visit the site, which sits within his North West European Parliament constituency, because he is pro-nuclear power.
But Sellafield Limited, which operates the site, said it was concerned about security and possible demonstrations.
Mr Griffin said the decision prevented him from doing his job as an MEP.
The BNP leader sits on the European Parliament's environment committee and in that capacity asked to visit Sellafield.
But the nuclear plant refused, claiming it could cause "an unnecessary distraction" and be a safety risk.
