Habib, Nasir"Pakistani military jets strike Taliban targets".

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/pakistan.taliban.airstrike/index.html

Pakistani military jets bombed Taliban militant hideouts in the countries lawless tribal region on Tuesday. They struck in north along the Afghan border. the in the south Waziristan were bombed in early August by U.S Military killing the Taliban leader Batiullah Mehsud. They are now led by Hakimullah Mehsud.

Deane, Daniela. "Egyptian women protest ban on austere veil"

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/13/niqab/index.html

The leading Egyptian cleric made a recent declaration that that women would not be able to wear niqabs' in university areas frequented by only women. A niqab is an all covering face veil. this is a common practice in Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Pakistan. Devoted Muslim women still continue to wear their niqab's. There is opposition to this ban by the Muslim-brotherhood.

Here is the farmers almanac predictions for winter 2009 to fall 2010.

Annual Weather Summary: November 2009 to October 2010

Winter will be about a degree colder than normal, on average, despite a number of mild periods. The coldest periods will occur in the second week of December, early to mid-January, mid- to late January, and mid-February. Precipitation and snowfall will be below normal in the east and above normal in the west. Watch for a snowstorm around Thanksgiving, with other snowy periods in early and late December, late January, mid-February, and mid-March.

April and May will be warmer and drier than normal, with an early-season hot spell in mid-May.

Summer will be cooler than normal, with slightly below normal rainfall. The hottest periods will be in mid- to late June and mid- and late July.

September and October will be warmer than normal, with below-normal rainfall in the east and above-normal rainfall in the west.

This almanacs may not be 100% accurate all of the time but they are usually right. One source says they are accurate as high as 80% of the time. I personally believe them because the old timers and the farmers know the land and weather pattern better than most of the meteorologists.

I think the most important question to asked on the peer review is, is the writing balanced. A balanced writing is not dry in some places and exciting in others. It needs to have good consistent flow. Another important question is, are the elements of music examined. The music needs to be examined from every angle and understood in text and context to write and effective analysis.

So i hear that outlawed or banned flavored tobacco. I have not heard this on the news only from people in the smoking sections. How can they say you can only have plain tobacco? Thats like saying there can only be one flavor of kool-aid. This to me is just dumb and will not stop people from starting smoking or help them quit.

Since music is one of my favorite things in life here is what happened today in rock n roll history.

Today in the History of Rock....... 

1942 
Dewey Martin was born. 

1942 
Frankie Lymon was born. 

1957 
The Cordettes hit #8 "Just Between You and Me." 

1961 
Lee Dorsey hits #1 on the R&B chart and #7 on the pop chart with "Ya Ya". 

1967 
"Incense and Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock makes its debut on the charts. 

1970 
Phil Collins joins Genesis. 

1970 
Traffic's 'John Barleycorn Must Die' hits #11 in the UK and #5 in the US. 

1972 
David Cassidy, the breakthrough heartthrob of the Partridge Family, hits #1 in the UK with "How Can I Be Sure" where it will stay there for two weeks. 

1973 
Half-Breed (Cher) was a hit. 

1978 
Aerosmith hits #23 with "Come Together". 

1979 
Sad Eyes (Robert John) was a hit. 

1988 
MTV Europe launches in Brussels, Belgium to 105,000 households.

All very interesting facts. I had no idea there was an MTV Europe. (1988 was when they actually still played music ha)

Has anyone else notice all of these gnats flying around? After the rain yesterday it seems like they are everywhere. Some places are worse than others. They stick to you when you are walking or riding a bike and fly into your eyes. They are just a pain in the ass.