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Intrade now rates McCain less than an 1% chance to pull this out. Once you take trading costs into account, this is basically the markets saying: President Barack Obama.

And they are backing this judgment with real money. The networks will catch up in the next hour or so.

What a stunning moment. What an amazing race. What an incredible campaign. History has been made.

If you are an Obama supporter, it’s time for champagne. And for the McCain fans, perhaps now is a good time to call it a night. There’s lots we don’t know yet, but really, the only uncertainty is the margin of victory. Congratulations, President Obama.

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      Characteristics of An Empath

      Empaths are loving, caring, kind people who want to help others. They are often found doing volunteer work and may serve others through emotionally-demanding careers as childcare givers, medical professionals, hospice workers, midwives, and such. Most empaths came in with a mission to heal people, animals, plants, and the planet. As healers, many have taken on so much external energy that they spend most of their time trying to clear unwanted energy and recuperate from the last episode that "blew their doors off."Here are a few characteristics of empaths who have not learned to filter out other people's emotions or manage their own energy:
      You constantly feel overhwelmed with emotions and you may cry a lot, feel sad, angry, or depressed for no good reason. You may be tempted to think you are crazy for having random mood swings and bouts of unexplained fatigue. If you are a woman, it's like having PMS all the time! Unrestrained empathy can cause a person to manifest symptoms similar to bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder.
      You drop by the store feeling great, but once you get in a crowd you start feeling down, angry, sad, or overwhelmed. You feel you must be coming down with something so you decide to go home and rest.
      If you've found that you can't be in public without becoming overwhelmed you may start to live the life of a hermit. But, even at home, you get depressed when you watch the news and you cry while watching a movie. You feel horrible when a commercial for the Humane Society shows animals that need a home. You may rescue more animals than you can possibly care for.
      You feel sorry for people no matte who they are or what they have done. You feel the need to stop and help anyone in your path. You can't pass by a homeless person without giving him money-even if you don't have it to spare.
      Many empaths are overweight. When they absorb stressful emotions, it can trigger panic attacks, depression as well as food, sex, and drug binges. Some may overeat to cope with emotional stress or use their body weight as a shield or buffer. In Chapter 9 of Yvonne Perry's book, she shows how to use light as protection.
      Most empaths have the ability to phsyically and emotionally heal others by drawing the pain or ailment out of the sick person and into their own bodies. For obvious reasons, this is not recommended unless you know how to keep from becoming ill in the process.
      From chest pains and stomach cramps to migraines and fever, you manifest symptoms without contracting an actual illness. Later, you learn that your "ailment" coincided with the onset of a friend or family member's illness.
      No one can lie to you because you can see through their faade and know what they really mean. You may even know whythey lied.
      People-even strangers-open up and start volunteering their personal information. You may be sitting in the waiting room minding your own business and waiting your turn when the person next to you starts sharing all kinds of personal information. You didn't ask them to and they never considered that you might not want to hear about their drama. People may feel better after speaking with you, but you end up feeling worse because they have transferred their emotional pain to you.
      Some empaths don't do well with intimate relationships. Constantly takinmg on their partner's pain and emotions, they may easily get their feelings hurt, desire to spend time alone rather than with the partner, feel vulnerable when having sex, and feel that they have to continually retrieve their own energy when it gets jumbled with that of their partner. They may be so afraid of becoming engulfed by another person that they close up emotionally just to survive.
      The ill, the suffering, and those with weak boundaries are drawn to the unconditional understanding and compassion an empath emits without even being aware of it. Until you learn how to shut out the energy of others, you may have a pretty miserable existence in which you feel like you have to be entirely alone in order to survive.
      It's easy to see why being an empath is often very draining. No wonder that over time, some folks shut down their empathic ability. And, with that, they also shut down a vital part of their divine guidance system. Learn how to manage the amount of info-energy you receive and hear more of what is really important.

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      Web Icons - Step By Step

      If you've ever looked for a web icons tutorial step by step, then you've come to the right place. Here are a few interesting, but very important, ways to develop your web icons.First of all, create your icon. It doesn't matter what it ends up being, but create it. Are you happy with the icon? Even if you aren't, keep it. Make a few more web icons. Don't worry so much about colors yet - you'll want to worry about them later.Next, stick your icons in a drawer. It can be your sock drawer, your underwear drawer, the cutlery drawer - just keepp them away for you. Do this for about a week. Pick up a new hobby during the time that you would be designing. Take your dog for a walk, learn how to karate chop boards in half, finger paint, anything you can think of. You could even make a bubble gum sculpture.After a week, pull out your icons. If you can't see anything wrong with them or anything you would change, stick them back in the drawer. Only do this a maximum of three times: either you'll go crazy waiting or else your boss will get angry about the project being stuck in a drawer at home. It's generally not a good idea to tell him or her that you're letting it simmer either.Next, pull out the Crayola crayons. Are you ready to color? Go for it. Blow up your ideas and then proceed to color them in. If you want, you can even get your kids in on it. You could turn it into a family coloring night!Let everyone play with the colors. If you have specific colors, ask your kids and wife or husband to use htose colors first. However, keep in mind that a few extra colors never hurt. Try and use your website's main background colors first and then go from there.Once you have an idea of what you want, use an icon editor in order to complete the icon. Make sure that you also look into a few free images as well. These images may cost a few dollars at first, but you're able to take all of the images in the library (which could be hundreds!) and then proceed to use them to your hearts content!Make sure that you copyright your images that you create - that way you don't have to worry about losing your reputation because someone else took your icon and ruined did something bad with it.Finally, have fun and take your time. Let's face it - most of the time, we rush through these kinds of things. Creating an icon can be one of the most relaxing, most interesting things that you can do when it comes to business and websites. However, don't slack on it. You want to represent your company well and have something that won't end up being ignored. You need something that will draw your custoomer's eyes!Finally, just have fun creating your web icons!