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I haven't posted Kilauea volcano pictures for a little while, but the eruption just keeps on going and going. It had been sending lava onto the coastal flats, so there hadn't been any recent ocean entries, but a fairly large flow called the 'Banana' flow reached the ocean yesterday. I've posted two nice pictures, but for fans of molten lava, there are a lot of new ones on the linked site above.

<p>WASHINGTON -- Thousands of Hmong war refugees stuck in Thailand now can seek resettlement in the United States, in a diplomatic reversal welcomed within the Central Valley's sizable Hmong community.</p> <p>The State Department's shift means an estimated 15,000 Hmong long ensconced at a Buddhist temple soon can start applying for U.S. entry. A good number are likely to end up in California and Minnesota, both magnets for Hmong refugees.</p>

<p>LONDON, England (Reuters) -- It is the must-have toy for the person who has everything -- including $845,000 to spare.</p> <p>Forget the yacht, mansion and private jet. This is Gemini, the family submarine described by inventor Robert Leeds as the world's first underwater sports car.</p>

Yes my friends it is time for my annual Left Wing College Entry! Unforunately I have reformatted my computer since the last entry and lost the ping list! Thats ok because I'm sure many of you will want to read this. Last year I had annual entries from a liberal college professor and ar argument I had with a girl on Iraq. This year to start things off I will post an argument with a girl. This argument was over guns. The poor girl was clearly outmatched. She thought she was a Conservative Republican and when I asked her why...

WEST PALM BEACH -- Five Cuban immigrants waited at sea without a country and three more sat in jail Monday awaiting word on their destinies -- possibly suspended there while in a political dust-up over the United States' repatriation policy. The people, taken into custody as they made a dash for U.S. soil through the Lake Worth Inlet Sunday evening, await word on whether prosecutors will charge the man who operated the boat and whether immigration officials will forcibly return those who never made landfall to Cuba. The three men who made it to Singer Island soil remain at the...

Palm Sunday The sixth and last Sunday of Lent and beginning of Holy Week, a Sunday of the highest rank, not even a commemoration of any kind being permitted in the Mass. In common law it fixes the commencement of Easter duty. The Roman Missal marks the station at St. John Lateran (see STATIONS) and before September, 1870, the pope performed the ceremonies there. The Greeks celebrate the day with great solemnity; they call it kyriake or heorte ton baion or heorte baiophoros or also Lazarus Sunday, because on the day before they have the feast of the resuscitation of...

Friday, 17 January, 2003, 12:05 GMT Indonesia protests at US entry rules The US move came as envoy James Kelly (right) visited Indonesia has strongly protested against new measures by the United States which force male Indonesians visiting America to register with immigration authorities and have their fingerprints taken. The policy is arbitrary, hard to understand and is unacceptable to the Indonesian Government Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman The measures were introduced in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks but have drawn widespread criticism from the 25 countries affected. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, who is leaving on...

Radioactive man refused entry to Russia A Chinese man has been refused entry to Russia after he set off a Geiger counter at the border. Radiation levels from his body registered 200 times higher than normal. He set off the detector at the border station in the far-eastern Primorye region. Further checks showed radiation levels were highest around the man's throat. The man claimed he was taking a special radioactive medication to cure his thyroid gland problems but he was deported back to China as a safety precaution. Story filed: 09:44 Wednesday 9th October 2002

FBI will have to pay to enter Defcon 2002 Cunning plan will ask them for cash ByINQUIRER staff: Thursday 01 August 2002, 11:19 FBI AGENTS wanting to arrest hackers at Defcon 2002 will have to pay for the privilege this year, Wired magazine reports. Defcon 2002 delegates will have to stump up $75 in cash to enter the occasion, which was somewhat spoiled last year when FBI suits, at the behest of Adobe, arrested Dmitry Sklyarov under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The occasion, which is held in Eva Glass' hometown, Las Vegas, appears to be getting a tad respectable,...