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If you are afraid to walk under a ladder today or are feeling rather suspicious on Friday the 13th fear not you have friggatriskaidekaphobia, fear of…

Friggatriskaidekaphobia may sound made up but it is real and according to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina, Friggatriskaidekaphobia costs Americans up to 800 million dollars from lost of work associated with the fear of Friday the 13th.

Many people are afraid to leave their home therefore, people will not go out and spend money such as going to stores and purchasing food and other items. To complicate the matter, many refuse to go on trips costing the airlines millions because of this phobia.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of a person, place, or thing and it has no basis in reality. The fear of Friday the 13th is no exception. In fact, believe it or not, it estimated that 25 million American suffer from this fear and will change their habits and practices on this day because this phobia creates a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm.

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Last night, the final episode of this season's 'So You Think You Can Dance' named its winner. But before we got to that, let's talk.

Ellen is just GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ellen blew me away!!! I can't stop watching the video!! She was amazing!!

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The Mysterious Paulding Light in Watersmeet, MI. This is the Original Paulding Mystery Light Site!

All on-line map services do not show Robbins Pond Road Click image above to see the corrected Yahoo map. View Larger Map   The Story… At one time, Ripley's Believe It Or Not offered in excess of 100,000 to the person or persons who could solve a bizarre light phenomenon in  Paulding, Michigan. Nearly every clear evening, strange circular spheres of light dance on the horizon of the tiny community, and at one point seem to follow the pathway of electrical lines. The lights have been captured on film by Michigan Magazine and Channel  Six News out of Marquette. Experts from Ripley's have been to the location to examine the phenomenon. At the location of the Paulding lights, the Michigan Forest service has put up signs which indicate the best area from which the lights can be seen. So far, no logical conclusions have been reached. The lights have been witnessed as being red, white and green. These lights are not to be confused with the Northern Lights. They are a phenomenon that is unique to Paulding, Michigan. Locals say the lights have been viewed for a long time. Eye witnesses claim to have seen the lights way back at the turn of the century, while on their way to the train depot at Watersmeet. Various legends have developed concerning the lights. One myth explains the lights as the ghost of a railroad brakeman, while other say it is the ghost of an Indian dancing on the power lines. Some locals attest to the fact that the lights start over Lake Superior and make their way inland. The public is welcome to view the strange lights. Mystic Michigan is available from regional booksellers as well as by sending 7.00 to: Zosma Publications PO Box 73 Cadillac, MI 49601

Another story of the Paulding Light excerpted from… Haunted Wisconsin Beth Scott & Michael Norman Stanton & Lee Publishers, Inc. Sauk City, Wisconsin 53583 12.95  Nonfiction ISBN 0-88361-082-5 Order your copy today, just  click the book icon below! Order direct from Amazon.com THE DOG MEADOW LIGHTS Another name for the Paulding Light

Yet, if the light show is not the work of pranksters, what is it! Similar lights along railroad tracks have been observed in other parts of the country, notably at Maco Station near Wilmington, North Carolina. Could they be caused by a luminous gas of some sort? Possibly. Regarding Upper Michigan, some seismologists theorize that the weight of glacial ice in that area has created conditions favorable to future earthquakes, that the earth's crust, compressed eons ago by massive ice sheets, is now trying to expand to its original contour and, in the process, causing luminous gases to escape through faults in the crust. Although anomalous lights are frequently associated with earthquakes, their presence does not necessarily predict quakes. So far, the study of earthquake lights raises many questions but offers few answers. Meanwhile, curious sightseers throng the Dog Meadow area. They watch the lights. They listen to the legends. And they wonder.

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Today is Friday 13th and to some is filled with superstitions, but Dell hopes that it will not, as they have the release of their Streak device today. There are those who believe that Friday the 13th is unlucky and some people play on.

Today is Friday 13th and to some is filled with superstitions, but Dell hopes that it will not, as they have the release of their Streak device today. There are those who believe that Friday the 13th is unlucky and some people play on this to scare others let us hope that sales figures of this latest smartphone will not be too low to scare anyone.

The device was up for pre-sale yesterday, but today is the day that the Dell Streak will be in consumers hands. Those of you in the UK will wonder what I am talking about, as the Streak has been available to them for over two months.

We just hope that U.S. sales will be better, as the Dell smartphone has not had the impact that the company had hoped in the UK. Maybe Dell should have reconsidered launching the handset on Friday the 13th after all? Maybe the pricing of the Dell Streak will be more attractive to those in the U.S. &8211; 300 on a two-year AT&038;T contract?

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Researchers will be gathering data during the Perseid meteor shower. August 2010 is part of a renaissance for meteor science in the US after nearly two decades of neglect. When the Perseid meteor shower peaks in the wee hours of Friday.

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The next big thing from “BioShock” creator Irrational Games is something different. It's the “BioShock” of a floating city, of America in 1912, of a helpful damsel in semi-distress.

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This is the “BioShock” of a floating city, of America in 1912, of a helpful damsel in semi-distress and of something called the Skyline.

Levine's team is one of the most acclaimed and secretive in game development. Since the '07 “BioShock,” which they made in partnership with 2K Australia, Irrational gave no hint about what they were working on, no clue that they were making another “BioShock.” They were not involved in this year's “BioShock 2,” which was created by several sister studios and was set in that undersea city of Rapture. But Irrational, which had, for a time, been known as 2K Boston, is indeed back on the “BioShock” franchise. Wednesday night they debuted their new trailer shown above which briefly teases the notion that they were back on the virtual ocean floor.

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