Top Ten Best Hospitals In The United States

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
3. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
4. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
5. University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
6. New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N.Y.
7. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
8. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
9. University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif.
10. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.

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Chavez says US plans to kill him

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he believes the US government is planning to assassinate him.
"If they kill me, the name of the person responsible is [President] George Bush," Mr Chavez said.

Mr Chavez - who offered no evidence to back his claim - said any attempt on his life would backfire and threatened to cut off oil supplies to America.

He was apparently reacting to growing criticism by top US officials of his left-wing government.

"If, by the hand of the devil, those perverse plans succeed... forget about Venezuelan oil, Mr Bush"
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently described the former paratrooper as a "negative force" in Latin America, while CIA chief Porter Goss said Venezuela was a possible source of instability in the region.

Washington accuses Mr Chavez of being heavy-handed towards Venezuela's opposition, and has recently criticised Caracas for arms purchases from Russia.

Diplomatic ties between Washington and Caracas have soured since Mr Chavez came to power in 1999.

There was no immediate response to his comments from Washington.

'No-nonsense talk'

"If, by the hand of the devil, those perverse plans succeed... forget about Venezuelan oil, Mr Bush, " Mr Chavez said during his weekly TV show.


Rice and other US officials have recently stepped up their criticism

"If you try, you will regret it Comrade Mr Bush."

Venezuela is one of the world's leading oil exporters - it sells about 1.5 million barrels a day to the US.

Mr Chavez has repeatedly accused the US of backing Venezuela's opposition to oust or even kill him, a charge Washington denies.

He has alleged that the White House played part in an April coup in 2002, which briefly removed him from power.

Mr Chavez's comments echoed the words of Cuban President Fidel Castro who said last week: "If Chavez is assassinated, the blame will fall on Bush."

"I say that as someone who has survived hundreds of the empire's (assassination) plans," Mr Castro added.

"Now, I am going to say it. Neither Fidel Castro nor I talk nonsense," Mr Chavez said on Sunday.

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Facts about Tudor England

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How To Make Invisible Ink

Here's How:
1. There are at least two methods to use baking soda as an invisible ink. Mix equal parts water and baking soda.
2. Use a cotton swab, toothpick, or paintbrush to write a message onto white paper, using the baking soda solution as 'ink'.
3. Allow the ink to dry.
4. One way to read the message is to hold the paper up to a heat source, such as a light bulb. The baking soda will cause the writing in the paper to turn brown.
5. Another is to submerge the paper in red cranberry or grape juice.

Egg McMuffin inventor dies at age 89

The man who brought breakfast to McDonald's when he invented the Egg McMuffin has died at the age of 89 on March 26, 2008.

Herb Peterson, who began his career with the fast food chain while working for its Chicago-based advertising firm, died peacefully at his home in Santa Barbara, California, yesterday.

While working on the McDonald's account, Peterson came up with the chain's first national advertising slogan - Where Quality Starts Fresh Every Day.

He then took over the running of a number of McDonald's outlets, and at the time of his death was the co-owner and operator of six restaurants in California.

Partial to eggs Benedict and keen to crack the market for morning trade, Peterson began working on a new sandwich for the fast food chain in the 1970s.

Breakfast had not even been an option at McDonald's before then, but in 1972 Peterson launched the Egg McMuffin at his one of his own restaurants in Santa Barbara.

The sandwich consisted of an egg that had been cooked in a Teflon circle with the yolk broken, topped with a slice of cheese and grilled Canadian bacon.

It was served open-faced on a toasted English muffin, and went on to become one of the most ubiquitous items on the McDonald's menu.

Although semi-retired, Peterson still visited all six of his stores in the Santa Barbara area until his health began to deteriorate last year.

"He would talk to the customers, visit with the employees - he loved McDonald's," Monte Fraker, a colleague from Santa Barbara, said.

"He embraced the community and the community embraced him. We loved the man."

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Sing A Song Of Six-Pence

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye;
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
They all began to sing.
Now, wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before the King?

The King was in his countinghouse,
Counting out his money;
The Queen was in the parlor
Eating bread and honey.
The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes.
Along there came a big black bird
And snipped off her nose!

History:

First published in 1744, the rhyme is one of many rhymes depicting bakers putting "suprises" in baked items.