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confusion says

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:49:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: stay confused

The Government appears to want to send a message - though given that the council was asked last July to revisit the classification of cannabis, this message may have been intended by Gordon Brown to woo voters for what proved to be a phantom autumn election. When Tony Blair addressed the Royal Society in 2002, he won over his audience by purring that “science matters”. Yesterday Jacqui Smith added: sort of.

What is the message they want to send?

'Alcohol or cigarettes are socially acceptable ways to harm yourself, but cannabis is not' ?

'You are not responsible adults, you are to be treated like children'?

It's confusing...

Tags: laws

Five Science Fiction Movies That Get the Science Right

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:24:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "2001: A Space Odyssey" is my all-time favorite film, so I included almost all of the information from that section. The others on the list are also interesting, though, of course.

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

"Open the pod-bay doors, HAL."

Despite being made before the first moon landing, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke's masterpiece is a strikingly realistic depiction of space travel.

Among the film's neater details:

All scenes in outer space are silent – sound does not travel in a vacuum

The stars do not move past the ship – for there to be a visible motion of the star field, the ship would have to be travelling at close to the speed of light

The crew eat paste-like food and only drink liquids through straws.

Additionally, crew members are shown coping with the boredom and routine of a long, straightforward trek across empty space.

Newtonian physics is strictly obeyed in the behaviour of the ship and little "pods" that the astronauts use to travel outside it. Trouble only starts when a carefully-aligned radio transmitter, the crew's lifeline to Earth, begins to drift out of position.

Starbucks' Slutty Mermaid Making Waves

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:59:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.motherjones.com

Starbucks' Slutty Mermaid Making Waves

Lately, I've seen some changes at the two Starbucks that live less than a block away from the Mother Jones office. Last month, they both started pushing a new blend called "Pike Place Roast" as their regular drip coffee, as part of a campaign to compete with brisk coffee sales at Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's. As part of the campaign, Starbucks re-introduced its 1971 brown-and-white logo featuring a two-tailed mermaid. Okay, technically it's a siren, but regardless, the image of a female figure brazenly spreading its tails has made a few Christians vow to boycott the company.

"The Starbucks logo has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute," explains alarmist Mark Dice, of a Christian group called The Resistance. "Need I say more? It's extremely poor taste, and the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks."

Tags: srarbucks, naked, nude, woman, women, christian, coffee

the law of lollies

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:24:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: i can still remember my first hit of sherbet,the next day i wanted more & more, by the end of the week i was into the hard stuff ...yes folks ...rock candy

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

US bans sweets made to taste like marijuana

The law, which takes effect on July 1, targets businesses that sell sweets with drug-inspired names such as Kronic Kandy and Pot Suckers. Those, the measure says, give children the "false impression that marijuana is fun and safe," and can serve as a gateway to the use of marijuana and other drugs.

Tags: lollies

No more PR spam

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:32:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The clip is from a comment by Merlin Mann, but overall the comments--and post--are great. As Brian Oberkirch pointed out on Twitter, from the small amount that reaches (and annoys) me, a nothingblogger, I cannot imagine what the big boys have to put up with.

Once again, a bunch of idiots ruin everything for a few smart, nice people who Get It.

Clip Source: a.wholelottanothing.org

I still find it extraordinary that PR folks have such a ballsy sense of entitlement about “reaching out” to one-person publishers and indie bloggers — it’s this ridiculous kabuki where they pretend like they’re performing some kind of essential public service. Well, it’s not a service (it’s a *paid nuisance*), and I’m tired of being expected to pretend that it is anything but white collar spam simply because my email address can be easily guessed and you happen to know my first name.

The people who _pay_ the more rodent-like PR people need to know what’s being done in their name and how it’s likely to affect their hard-fought reputation. It’s crummy and unprofessional work, and, if it’s not clear, I’m sick of spending hours a week politely asking people to knock it off.

Tags: spam, pr, public relations, blogging

On CNN: Child hasn't slept in 3 years

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:16:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Why isn't this big news? The kid has never slept. They had video of him and he looks normal. Why didn't this make news in the first month of his life?
Now they want to do brain surgery to make him sleep.

Clip Source: mail.google.com

a kid hasn't slept in three years. his dad is taking off
work just to stay with him while he's awake. what's wrong with
the little boy?

Obama has been to 57 states....

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:35:40 GMT

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Clip Source: hotair.com

[Video]

Ambinder asks the question you’re already asking yourself. Verdict: Dude’s lost his bearings.

Tags: obama, states, humor

It's official! April 2008 cooler than 20th century average!

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:51:16 GMT

clipped by: pkronfield
clipper's remarks: Global cooling is upon us, folks! Yet chicken little still squalks the sky is falling.

Clip Source: www.ncdc.noaa.gov

UNITED STATES

Climate Summary

April 2008

The average temperature in April 2008 was 51.0 F. This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.1 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.

Tags: loony left, global warming

Jessica Alba wants one-night stands to experiment with sex

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:37:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Actress Jessica Alba says she is up for a one-night stand—as long as the man leaves the next morning. She told Cosmopolitan magazine: "I just wanted to see what it was like to be with different people. I don't think a girl's a slut if she enjoys sex."

Clip Source: www.thesun.co.uk

STUNNING actress Jessica Alba says she is up for a one-night stand - as long as the man leaves the next morning.

The curvy 23-year-old, who was recently romantically linked to Hollywood hunk Mark Wahlberg, likes the idea of getting intimate with lots of different people because she loves experimenting in sex.

She told Cosmopolitan magazine: "I just wanted to see what it was like to be with different people. I don't think a girl's a slut if she enjoys sex.

"I could have a one-night stand, and I'm the kind of girl who looks over in the morning and is like, 'Do you really have to be here?' I don't need to cuddle and do all that stuff because I know what it is and I don't try to make it more.

"I feel like a lot of women try to make it into more, so they don't feel so bad about just wanting to have sex. I don't really have a problem with just wanting sex. Never have.

Tags: celebrity, celebrities, jessica alba, entertainment, sex, hot, sexy, flirt, hollywood

Study: Stay-at-Home Mom Worth Nearly $117,000 a Year

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:09:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing to see what the world spends $$ on. I don't know if I'd call myself a "chief executive officer"; that sounds a little exalted. :~) What's missing is the care for elderly family members which is becoming an additional responsibility too. Plus the extra baby-sitting you do when someone in the neighborhood finds out there's an *at home* Mom close by.

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Study: Stay-at-Home Mom Worth Nearly $117,000 a Year

The eighth annual survey calculated a mom's market value by studying pay levels for 10 job titles with duties that a typical mom performs, ranging from housekeeper and day care center teacher to van driver, psychologist and chief executive officer.

the annual salary for a stay-at-home mom would be $116,805, while a working mom who also juggles an outside job would get $68,405 for her motherly duties.

The biggest driver of a mom's theoretical salary is the amount of overtime pay she'd receive for working more than 40 hours a week. The 18,000 moms surveyed about their typical week reported working 94.4 hours — meaning they'd be spending more than half their working hours on overtime.

"The rewards aren't monetary, but it's a reward knowing that they're safe and happy," Russell said of her sons. "It's worth it all."

Soviet-Style Parade in Red Square

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:01:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I heard the new President spoke for a couple of minutes and Putin spoke for over half an hour. Will the real Russian leader please stand up?

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

Nuclear missiles and tanks paraded Friday across Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era but new President Dmitry Medvedev warned other nations against "irresponsible ambitions" that he said could start wars.

Marching bands and 8,000 troops goose-stepped across the square, followed by a huge display of heavy weapons including Topol-M ballistic missiles and T-90 tanks, and a fly-by of warplanes.

Reviewing his first parade as commander in chief, Medvedev warned against "irresponsible ambitions" that he said could spark war across entire continents.

Alongside the new president was his mentor and now prime minister, Vladimir Putin,

Earlier Putin said the parade was not "sabre-rattling" but "a demonstration of our growing defence capability."

On Thursday Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said his country and Russia had come close to war "several days ago" after Russia ramped up support for separatists controlling Georgia's Abkhazia region.

U.N. Suspends Aid Shipments To Myanmar After Government Confiscates Donations

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:32:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: White House: Myanmar OKs One U.S. Aid Delivery

Earlier Friday, Ky Luu, director of the U.S. office of foreign disaster assistance, had said that skilled aid workers were being forced to sit on the sidelines as victims of last week's cyclone die. His comments reflect mounting frustration among the United States and other countries as they wait for permission from the military-led government to begin trying to help.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354722,00.html

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments headed for hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, prompting the world body to suspend further help on Friday.

The U.N. said the aid included 38 tons of high-energy biscuits and arrived in Myanmar on Friday on two flights from Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates. It said aid flights would resume on Saturday.

"All of the food aid and equipment that we managed to get in has been confiscated," U.N. World Food Program spokesman Paul Risley said. "For the time being, we have no choice but to end further efforts to bring critical needed food aid into Myanmar at this time."

Myanmar's government acknowledged taking control of the shipments and said it plans to distribute the aid itself to the affected areas.

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

The governing military junta in Myanmar has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo aircraft to bring in relief supplies for victims of a devastating cyclone, Bush administration officials said Friday.

Tags: myanmar, disaster aid, junta government, world food program

Beam me up Scottie

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:03:08 GMT

clipped by: WebWolf Hosting
clipper's remarks: This is just snippets of text from the whole article.
Follow the link the get the whole story.

Clip Source: researchweb.watson.ibm.com

Quantum Teleportation

Teleportation is the name given by science fiction writers to the feat of making an object or person disintegrate in one place while a perfect replica appears somewhere else.

In 1993 an international group of six scientists, including IBM Fellow Charles H. Bennett, confirmed the intuitions of the majority of science fiction writers by showing that perfect teleportation is indeed possible in principle, but only if the original is destroyed.

In the past, the idea of teleportation was not taken very seriously by scientists, because it was thought to violate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics,

But the six scientists found a way to make an end run around this logic, using a celebrated and paradoxical feature of quantum mechanics known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effect.

Tags: quantum, mechanics, teleportation

Incredible photos of the Chaiten volcano eruption

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:41:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.fotos.emol.com

Sex in Space

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:32:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.retrofuture.com

The proposition of sex in space remains a source of playful speculation and we have on good word that the deed has been done.

The last time NASA was repeatedly questioned on the matter was in 1992 when married partners Mark Lee and Jan Davis (below) flew together on Space Shuttle mission STS-47.

Still, rumors persist and questions remain: Has it been done? How is it done? Is it permitted? Is it safe?

While it is impossible to determine the validity of these claims, to boldly go where no humans have gone would require quite an elaborate mating ritual-not to mention, experts say, a good deal of caution.

In theory, the mechanics of zero-g sex would entail an array of bungee chords, elastic belts and other devices to ensure space lovers don't accidentally fly away from each other in the heat of passion.

In a similar fashion sex in space may require slow-motion passion and not the more vigorous sort."

Collins writes

having no gravity to crush bodies together offers exquisite possibilities."

Tags: sex in space