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i will start it off,

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 TO ALL THE MEMBERS HERE AT AFTERDAWN..



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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL AFTERDAWN MEMBERS..
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The truth about Santa Clause


Track Santa's Path With Technology

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http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php


p2pnet.net News:- Christmas is THE holiday event of the year for hundreds of millions of kids (and their parents ;) around the world.

It's the time when Santa Clause, or St Nicholas, der Weihnachtsmann, Father Christmas, Gwiazdor, Pere Noel, Kris Kringle, Sinterklaas, Jultomten, Sing dan lo ian, Aghios Vassilis, and a host of other names, depending in where in the world you happen to be, travels the world delivering gifts.

Some Bah Humbug skeptics claim he doesn't even exist! But if that were true, would NORAD go to all the trouble of tracking him like it's been doing for more than half a century?

Nahhh. In fact as we posted this (12:20 pm Pacific) NORAD was estimating Santa would be leaving the North Pole in 15 hours, 39 minutes and 36 seconds.

click here
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/tracking.php


The pic on the right shows NORAD (short for North American Aerospace Defense Command ) techs tracking Santa in 1960.

And for anyone who's still not convinced, here's how they do it:

click here
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/how_we_do_it.php

Detecting Santa all starts with the NORAD radar system called the North Warning System. This powerful radar system has 47 installations strung across the northern border of North America. NORAD makes a point of checking the radar closely for indications of Santa Claus leaving the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

The moment our radar tells us that Santa has lifted off, we use our second mode of detection, the same satellites that we use in providing warning of possible missile launches aimed at North America. These satellites are located in a geo-synchronous orbit (that's a cool phrase meaning that the satellite is always fixed over the same spot on the Earth) at 22,300 miles above the Earth. The satellites have infrared sensors, meaning they can detect heat. When a rocket or missile is launched, a tremendous amount of heat is produced - enough for the satellites to detect. Rudolph's nose gives off an infrared signature similar to a missile launch. The satellites can detect Rudolph's bright red nose with practically no problem. With so many years of experience, NORAD has become good at tracking aircraft entering North America, detecting worldwide missile launches and tracking the progress of Santa, thanks to Rudolph.

The third detection system we use is the Santa Cam. We began using it in 1998 - the year we put our Santa Tracking program on the Internet. NORAD Santa Cams are ultra-cool high-tech high-speed digital cameras that are pre-positioned at many places around the world. NORAD only uses these cameras once a year - Christmas Eve. The cameras capture images of Santa and the Reindeer as they make their journey around the world. We immediately download the images on to our web site for people around the world to see. Santa Cams produce both video and still images.

The fourth detection system we use is the NORAD jet fighter. Canadian NORAD fighter pilots, flying the CF-18, take off out of Newfoundland to intercept and welcome Santa to North America. Then at numerous locations in Canada other CF-18 fighter pilots escort Santa. While in the United States, American NORAD fighter pilots in either the F-15 or F-16 get the thrill of flying with Santa and the famous Reindeer Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph. About a dozen NORAD fighters in Canada and the United States are equipped with Santa Cams.

So how long has he been doing what he does? Since 1689 at the least. That's when Spanish-German explorer Santa Claus discovered the North Pole and established a small base camp, states the Santa Claus Timeline.

So what about the physics involved? How can Santa do it all, and how come he doesn't burn up while he's circling the globe?

A Phsyorg post quoting Norwegian Net magazine forskning.no dates back to 2004, but it's still relevant.

Among other things, "Santa Claus doesn?t travel in our four dimensions (remember that time is the fourth dimension), but makes use of some 11 dimensions," explains astrophysicist Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard in the story. "These dimensions make it quite easy to pick up gifts from his warehouse at the North Pole," emphasises Oedegaard.

But it goes further, even, than that.

Nils Lid Hjort and Gaute Einevoll believe recent string-theory allows for the use of at least 26 dimensions: "The more dimensions, the easier to deliver gifts ......"

So what about flying reindeer, especially since they don't have wings? No worries, says Einevoll, because, "Santa Claus of course uses vacuum energy. The sleigh and reindeer use repulsive energy to compensate for the force of gravity and therefore can fly."

Of course.

And what about the theory that Santa is just Dad in fancy dress?

"There are quite a few flippant and speculative assertions about Santa Claus," says forskning.no. "The most ridiculous of these is that Santa Claus is just papa who has dressed up in the garage." It adds:

"This is the worst I have heard," says Nils Lid Hjort. He is a professor and knows what he?s talking about.

Although Hjort admits that a visit from Santa Claus often happens while pappa is out shovelling snow, there are many examples in which both Santa and pappa are in the same place at the same time, which weakens the argument that there is some connection between the two.

"I want to comment on the alternative situations: Of course you can find many trivial and sometimes fake Santas out there. But that doesn?t mean that you won't find some real Santas," says Einevoll, who adds:

"If I lived alone at the North Pole and were to visit children and their mothers, I would want to do it when their father was out, he says, and suggests that this is the source for the socially realistic popular song 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus'."

All together the panel agrees without doubt that Santa Claus not only makes use of advanced physics, but he is also a brilliant organiser.

"Santa lives at the North Pole and there isn't so much happening aside from the occasional polar explorer. So he can use the whole year for self improvement," points out Gaute Einevoll.

Therefore, all children of all ages can relax: The laws of physics assure us that Christmas will come this year as usual!"



(Saturday 23rd December 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/10828?PHPSESSID=...9d74185e9398b0c


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English
Merry Christmas!
 Marry Christmas!

Danish
Glaedelig Jul!
Glad Yule!

Dutch
Vrolijk kerstfeest
Merry Christmas! 

Brazilian
Boas Festas!
Good Holidays!

Finnish
Hauskaa Joulua!
Merry Yule!

French
Joyeux Noel!
Joyous Christmas!

German
Frohe Weihnachten!
 Merry Christmas!

Italian
Natale allegro!
Merry Christmas!

Portugese
Christmas Alegre!
Merry Christmas!

Spanish
Feliz Navidad
Merry Christmas!

Swedish
God Jul!
Good Yule!

Swiss (French)
Joyeux Noel!
 Joyous Christmas!

Philippine
Maligayang Pasko!
Merry Christmas

Christmas 2005 brought this list of Christmas greetings from a friend. I cannot vouch for the autnenticity of any of them except for the ones listed above and the English version, but am placing them below for those interested:

English: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Afrikaner: Geseende Kersfees en 'n voorspoedige nuwe jaar.
Arabic: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine: Felices Pasquas Y Felices ano Nuevo
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Australian: 'ave a bonza Christy an' a beaut New Year, mate!
Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile: Feliz Navidad
Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Chinese: (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Gaedelig Jul or God jul og godt nyter
Danish: God jul og godt nytaar [pre-1948 Danish]
Dutch: Zalig kerstfeest or Zalig Kerstfeast
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish: Hauskaa joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French: Joyeux Noel
Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ur!
German: Froehliche Weihnachten und ein glueckliches Neues Jahr
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Guarani: Navidad Ara Pora
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. L'shana Tova (To a good year)
Chag Sameach (Happy Holiday)
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian: Kellemes kara'csonyi u"nnepeket e's boldog u'j e'vet
Icelandic: Gle[eth]ileg jol gott og fars
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Inuit: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Merii Kurisumasu
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
Mexico: Feliz Navidad
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese: Boas Festas
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh Serb-Croatian:
Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina, Hristos se rodi.
Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong
Taon Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: S Rozhdestvom Kristovym
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen

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@ireland,

The compliments of the season to you and your family and to all my AD Family

Or to quote from Ireland's list

Quote:
Australian: 'ave a bonza Christy an' a beaut New Year, mate!





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Irish Christmas Toasts
'Nollaig shona duit!'"Merry Christmas" in Irish Gaelic.
Happy Christmas!

'Nollaig faoi shéan is faoi shonas duit.'
A prosperous and happy Christmas to you.

May peace and plenty be the first to lift the latch on your door, and happiness be guided to your home by the candle of Christmas.
Irish New Year's Toasts
'Go mbeire muid beo ar an am seo arís.'
May we be alive at this time next year.

'Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit!'
A prosperous New Year!

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship but never in want.



Irish Toasts to Friends & Family
May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door.

There are good ships,
and there are wood ships,
The ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships, are friendships,
And may they always be.

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.

Here?s to you and yours,
And to mine and ours,
And if mine and ours ever come
Across you and yours,
I hope you and yours will do
As much for mine and ours,
As mine and ours have done
For you and yours!

To live above with the Saints we love,
Ah, that is the purest glory.
To live below with the Saints we know,
Ah, that is another story!

May the lilt of Irish laughter
lighten every load.
May the mist of Irish magic
shorten every road...
And may all your friends remember
all the favours you are owed!

Here's to the land of the shamrock so green,
Here's to each lad and his darlin colleen,
Here's to the ones we love dearest and most.
May God bless old Ireland, that's this Irishman's toast!

I have known many,
and liked not a few,
but loved only one
and this toast is to you.


Everyday Toasts in the Irish Language
'Sláinte!'
(pronounced 'slawn-cha', meaning Health! A common toast in Ireland, the equivalent to ?Cheers?)

'Sláinte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mná go deo.'
Health to the men, and may the women live forever!

'Faol saol agat, gob fliuch, agus bás in Éirinn.'
Long life to you, a wet mouth, and death in Ireland.

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Seasons greetings to all..



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Merry Christmas to all! and have a great christmas! i probably wont be on all day tomorrow..or today seeing how its 1 : 42 AM where in Canada now.. But anyway! i probably wont be on Afterdawn X-Mas EVE, but ill may be on christmas day.. but anyway!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


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I love the family get-togethers, but hate the corporate aspect that makes you give gifts because someone else will give you one and so on.
"But its the spirit that matters"




Hows that spirit?

I bought this for my nephew,




Oh well, maybe I'll just drink too much at our party, rant about that "damn local sports team" and make my wife drive home. :)

I hope you all have good fortune in the upcoming year.



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Unwrapping the Science of Santa's Mystical Journey

December 24, 2006 03:55:11 PM PST
By E.J. Mundell
HealthDay Reporter
Yahoo! Health: Children's Health News

SUNDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- It's a question that has puzzled kids and grown-ups for centuries: How does Santa Claus get all those gifts to millions of homes worldwide in just one night?

In St. Louis, four-year-old Kaelyn this week suggested Santa "wraps presents ahead of time," which certainly must help.

Standing near her at a recent performance of The Nutcracker, six-year-old Liam proposed a high-tech solution. "He has a gadget on his sleigh that makes it go turbo. He can go down the chimney in one second!" he said.

Over in Hillsdale, N.J., however, five-year-old Amelia offered a simpler solution: "Maybe he has a secret shortcut."

Each of these kids may be onto something, according to Santa expert Larry Silverberg, a noted U.S. engineer and self-described "rocket scientist."

Silverberg is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He believes that Santa -- whom experts say moved to his underground complex at the North Pole more than 500 years ago -- has spent the last five centuries researching better ways to deliver presents at light-speed to kids everywhere.

In doing so, he and the elves have made scientific breakthroughs that the rest of humanity can only dream of, Silverberg said.

First up: Santa's uncanny ability to understand children's wishes in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Letters to Santa are a big help, of course.

"But up at the North Pole, you also have a lot of space to construct an underground antenna that can span miles," Silverberg said. "You collect incoming electromagnetic waves and filter them, finding out which thought-waves are coming from which kids."

Sounds impossible, you say?

"Remember, we have EEG technology now to measure brain waves," Silverberg said. "And when you're talking on your wireless cell phone, there's a very complicated process whereby signals coming from around the world get to you. All that seems like magic, too. Santa's just a bit more advanced."

Of course, further filtering is done to divide children into the required naughty/nice categories, but technologies such as the polygraph lie-detector suggest that that's "probably one of the easier things to do," Silverberg said.

Once wishes are collected in his huge Arctic database, Santa checks them twice and then waits for what people call "Christmas Eve."

To most children, Christmas Eve seems like a few very long hours.

Not so for Santa, though.

"It's tough to explain, but in his 'theory of relativity,' Albert Einstein discovered that space and time are bendable," Silverberg said. While the theory is almost a century old, modern society has yet to harness relativity.

Santa did so long ago, however, and uses it each Christmas.

"What we know about physics is that, in one reference frame, distance and time look different than in another," Silverberg explained. "Time can dilate -- get much longer -- and space can contract. That's exactly what you'd need to deliver millions of gifts around the globe on one night."

Silverberg's hypothesis -- as yet unproven -- is that Santa uses his advanced knowledge to wrap his sleigh and eight reindeer in a "relativity cloud."

"So, inside the cloud a month might go by, but it would only feel like a split-second outside the cloud -- for example, in a child's bedroom," the expert said. "Santa probably also shrinks and expands the cloud, so he can enter houses through tiny openings. A chimney is one such entryway, but he might also enter through keyholes, doggy-doors, etc."

Silverberg's team at NCSU performed detailed calculations using this relativity model. "We found that in six months, a fleet of 750 sleighs could get to all of the homes on Earth, traveling an average of 84 mph in the relativity cloud," he said. "Of course, outside the cloud, all that happens on Christmas Eve."

Highly advanced onboard computers with built in GPS-like systems also plot optimal routes from Santa's central SleighPort at the North Pole out to the seven continents. "Federal Express and UPS already have similar, but more primitive, systems," Silverberg noted.

The lightning speed at which Santa arrives at, and then leaves, houses means that children will be hard-pressed to actually spot him, of course. "Sure, sometimes you hear of kids seeing him on the roof or at the Christmas tree, but that's incredibly rare," Silverberg said.

Of course, those reindeer help, too. "'St. Nick fell in love with reindeer when he first moved North, and he's been using genetic bioengineering to perfect their flying, their roof-walking and their night-vision abilities ever since," Silverberg said.

He also wanted to clear up one misconception. "I believe that Santa does not bring toys from the Pole to each home -- that's just far too bulky and inefficient," the scientist said.

Instead, the jolly gent uses sophisticated nanotechnology to build toys and other presents in a flash, right there on the family living-room floor. "It's a process of bringing atomic physics to engineering, something we're only now exploring ourselves," Silverberg said.

The end result of all this high-tech yuletide wizardry: millions of absolutely thrilled kids -- and grown-ups -- on the morning of Dec. 25.

Other experts agreed, more or less, with Silverberg's theories.

Five-year-old Ellie, of Alexandria, Va., figured that Santa is "very fast, works very hard, and has lots of elves to help him."

Back in St. Louis, three-year-old Elle didn't seem interested in all that complicated science. Her answer to the Christmas Eve riddle: "Because he's Santa."

More information

[color=Yellow]There's more on the "science of Santa" here.[/color]
http://www.mae.ncsu.edu/homepages/silverberg/santa/santa.html
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i and me bride are very tired,grand-children,dinner,open presents.paper wrapping all over the house,puting toys together,cleaning up.. taking pictures,video and still..cake and ice-cream,cleaning up again..
we are dead tired..BUT AT OUR AGE WE LOVE IT TO SEE THE JOY ON OUR GRAND-CHILDREN FACES.....

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL..

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merry christmas everybody from ontario canada!!!!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE MEMBERS HERE AT AFTERDAWN..
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And I will second that

Happy New Year from Oz!!



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HARRY NEW YEAR Ireland, mods, staff and everyone. I will have a drink or two and proceed with a couple of friends around the corner to view what has to be one of the world's silliest new year's day parades...and it goes on all day! A few pics of the drunken silliness:














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Alcohol and Hangover Myths Revealed
By Corey Binns
Special to LiveScience
posted: 29 December 2006
06:27 am ET

If ringing in the New Year feels like a gong banging in your head, chances are you drank too much alcohol celebrating New Year's Eve, and you're not alone.

Scientists have studied few of the common treatments for hangovers found at your local drugstore. However, you can avoid headaches this holiday by learning the facts about alcohol: a cup of coffee won't sober you up, popping Tylenol can be bad for your liver, and the hair of the dog will only prolong your pain.

"The severity of a hangover is related to the blood alcohol level you reach, how rapidly you drink, and the amount you drink," said Dennis Twombly, program director of the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). "After the alcohol has been cleared from the system, a hangover can last for 8 to 24 hours, depending on how much you've consumed."

Sleep it Off

Hangovers cost the United States more than $148 billion annually in worker absenteeism and poor job performance, according to a study by researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco Calif. But sleeping off a hangover is the best way for your body to cope during those painful hours.

Having stayed awake past your bedtime to see the clock turn midnight will make you sleepy. Adding alcohol to the mix will lower your blood sugar, disrupt the quality of your sleep, and really tire you out.

Many people assume that drinking caffeinated beverages or taking a cold shower will help them sober up and snap out of a hangover. It will help you feel more awake, but it can't help your body remove the alcohol from your system or speed up your recovery.

As well as sleepiness, alcohol and hangovers can impair judgment, leading to a surge of alcohol-related traffic crashes on New Year's Eve, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

"If your tired, alcohol will magnify that, and you're more likely to fall asleep at the wheel," Twombly said. "Drowsy driving is a big factor in traffic fatalities."

Hair of the dog that bit you
New Year--New Fatalities
The number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities occurring from 6:00 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. often surges on New Years Eve. For example, there were 135 such crashes on Dec. 21, 2004, compared to only 59 two weeks later.
Credit: National Highway Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), NIAAA

Don't believe the folklore remedy that drinking more alcohol will cure your hangover.

More alcoholic drinks will only boost the existing toxicity of the alcohol already in one's body, and may lead to further drinking, according to previous research.

With a hangover, you're most likely suffering from dehydration and a deficiency of important minerals like magnesium and potassium. Symptoms of dehydration include headache, cottonmouth, lightheadedness, and thirst. Drinking water and sports drinks will help you replenish your fluids, according to the NIAAA.

You may also feel queasy. Alcohol is also an irritant and can cause inflammation of the stomach lining and gastrointestinal discomfort.

"These symptoms become worse if someone has consumed beverages with more alcohol content like shots of whiskey, as opposed to more dilute drinks such as beer," Twombly told LiveScience.

Painkillers

You can find some relief for your hangover at the drugstore. But know what to look for and read labels carefully.

Antacids may alleviate nausea and gastrointestinal discomfort. Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory medications can help with muscle aches and headaches, according to research published in the journal Alcohol Health and Research World . However, anti-inflammatory medications are gastric irritants and can make an upset stomach worse.

Do not take acetaminophen, a common alternative to aspirin found in Tylenol and other painkillers , Twombly warned. The drug is toxic to the liver when it interacts with alcohol.

Steer clear of a hangover this New Year's Eve by following suggestions from the NIAAA:

* Pace yourself. Drink alcoholic beverages slowly. Drink water or other non-alcoholic drinks throughout the evening to keep your body hydrated.
* Eat. Munch on snacks during the night to slow the absorption of alcohol and keep your blood alcohol level low.
* Try fruits. Studies have found that eating fruits and drinking fruit juices decrease the intensity of hangovers.
* Snack on crackers. Bland foods such as toast and crackers can raise low blood sugar and help with nausea.

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How to Pop a Cork With a Sword

By Lewis Wallace| Also by this reporter
02:00 AM Dec, 30, 2006

The clock's counting down good riddance to 2006, and a crowd of thirsty revelers encircles you, the designated popper of the cork.

But how will you free the bubbly from its bottle to greet the new year? You can always go manual, or geek out with a gadget like the single-squeeze Descorjet.

But perhaps you want to start 2007 feeling a little more jaunty than usual. Maybe you feel like living life on the edge -- the edge of a saber.

If so, it might be time to try champagne sabering, the delicate art of decapitating bottles of champagne.

The knowledgeable among us, like wine consultant Dan Buckler from K&L Wine Merchants in San Francisco, can rattle off 1,000 reasons why it makes more sense to manually remove the cork, allowing the pressure to escape like a gentle burp, rather than using a knife to behead your bottle.

"It's a really bad idea," Buckler said of the swashbuckling approach.

When pressed, Buckler admitted he'd seen the move in a movie, and offered a tip for saber-rattlers bent on creating a scene.

"Don't do it warm unless you want to have an orgasmic spray," he said. "The colder the better."

Others recommend using only French wine -- something about the bottle being more delicate and saber-friendly. (In Wired News' extensive testing, which entailed trying the method on exactly two bottles, the champagne worked well, while the American sparkling wine exploded in a shower of bubbles and shards.)

Of course, any time you're whacking the top off a bottle of bubbly, there's always a chance for spraying bits of foam and glass, so you'll want to take a measure of care and make sure all your insurance policies have been paid up in advance.

Game for a go? Good. (Disclaimer: Wired News does not vouch for the safety of this approach, nor actually encourage you to try it -- all bottle beheadings are to be performed at your own risk!)

1. Choose your weapon and gather your gear. If you've purchased a pricey ornamental champagne saber, whip it out. Otherwise, a solid butcher's knife will do just fine. And have some glasses (and maybe a couple of towels) handy.

2. Remove the foil wrapper and little wire cage. This will make for a clean break, although some people say it's not necessary to remove the packaging.

3. Grasp the bottle properly. That would be firmly, by the base, and pointed away from any onlookers. UrbanDaddy recommends a 30 degree to 45 degree angle, and a close inspection to "locate one of the two vertical seams running up the side of the bottle" to the lip. That intersection is where you'll aim your saber.

4. Do the deed. Run your saber or knife (blunt edge toward the bottle's lip) back along the neck toward your body, then quickly and firmly thrust it back toward the bottle's tip, striking the lip sharply. (UrbanDaddy recommends a solid follow-through.)

5. Enjoy. If you've performed the task properly, the cork (with a little ring of glass around it) will fly off the end of the bottle. You'll then commence pouring the bubbly, and offer a witty toast.

Cheers!

P.S. Too much to read? Go Web 2.0 and take your training from a YouTube parade of intrepid souls who've mastered (and sometimes not) the elevated art of champagne sabering.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,72386-0.html?tw=rss.index

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 20 mins till the fireworks here in Canberra, Australia!!!

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Happy New Year libenja over the other side of the world, however when festivities have calmed down 'fraid your sig needs work, 5 lines of text only thanks, no MSN etc, no advertising, and i'd do it quickly, your sig rings a bell, am sure i recognise that UNCHANGED sig from ages ago when i'm sure i asked you to fix it....

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Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.

May the new year bring health, wealth and wisdom. May it be great and safe for all.

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