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Before the Gunfire, Cyberattacks

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:13:05 GMT

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Weeks before bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.

Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks in Lexington noticed a stream of data directed at Georgian government sites containing the message: “win+love+in+Rusia.”

Internet experts in the United States said the attacks against Georgia’s Internet infrastructure began as early as July 20,

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Classics from The Onion

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:52:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Bill needs an Heir:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/clinton_chastises_hillary_for

Angels Vs. Aliens:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28937

Suddam Sex Scandal:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28947

Mid-life Crises:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28962

The Best a Man Can get:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

Some articles I found funny

Clip Source: grow.ars-informatica.ca

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

The Onion is an American "fake news" organization. It features satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper

It claims a national print circulation of 690,000^[1] and says 61 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old per the 2008 media kit.

Tags: news, humour

The amazing moment a horse did a perfect somersault

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:19:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Now this is something you don't see everyday!

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

If it had been an equestrian gymnastics event, she would have scored a perfect 10.

After all, it's not every day you see a horse perform a gravity-defying flip of such dizzying proportions.

The four-year-old mare, called Schattenlady, who had lost her rider moments into a race, went into these spectacular acrobatics as she tried to dislodge her loosened saddle as well.

With crowds at the course in Hanover, Germany, watching in horror, she somersaulted right over before falling flat on her back.

Happily was only shaken and bruised and walked away soon after.

And amazingly, both horse and jockey emerged from the acrobatics unscathed.

Tags: news

Israel marks 60 years

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:50:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I had no idea that my grandmother was older than the State of Israel.

I would welcome comments, regarding the occupation of this land.

Clip Source: edition.cnn.com

Revelers try to set a record for the most people singing a national anthem. To celebrate turning 60, Israel is staging fireworks, air force flyovers and a birthday bash for anyone born on the day the Jewish state was founded

Israel is marking its 60th Independence Day, which began at sundown Wednesday

Six decades after rising from the ashes of the Holocaust, the Jewish state is still plagued by threats from abroad and an identity crisis at home

Israel at 60 is a paradox of exuberance and despair: a country enduring near daily rocket attacks from militants while producing scientists who have pioneered Wi-Fi and instant messaging

Its 41-year occupation of Palestinian territories has invited international condemnation. Yet Israel is a thriving democracy that has provided a haven for the world's Jews

Tags: news, politics

tiny hedgehog family

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:52:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Early arrivals: Bluebell, Primrose, Daisy and Buttercup - named after spring flowers - were born a month earlier than normal on April 26

Tags: animals, news, photos

Sheppard’s Pie Nazi

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:06:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: NO PIE FOR YOU!

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

A row over the correct way to make shepherd’s pie ended up in court after a disagreement between two brothers turned violent.

After a day spent drinking, Michael Garvin cooked his brother John the traditional English dish for dinner, expecting a grateful response

John, however, voiced his disquiet that the pie was not topped with a layer of sliced tomatoes.

His brother, a chef, claimed a layer of tomatoes was not the appropriate way to finish off a shepherd’s pie, and responded by hitting him over the head with a shovel

As the argument got out of control, John threatened to petrol bomb his brother’s flat and was arrested

Tags: food, news

Cities to Host Half of Humans by End of 2008

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:41:40 GMT

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Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Tokyo

The Japanese capital is the world's largest and most densely populated city

Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

New York City

In many wealthy Western nations, like the United States, up to 70 percent of people live in metropolitan areas

Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Beijing, China

China is the world's most populous nation and is currently experiencing a rapid social transition.

Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Shanghai, China

Farmland has been swallowed by skyscrapers and ribbons of freeway unravel across the horizon as Shanghai's frenzied building boom continues

Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

New Delhi, India

In New Delhi, one of two Indian megacities, 95 percent of the metropolis has no system of formal garbage collection and relies instead on ragpickers

Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Mumbai (Bombay), India

Dharavi is a one-square-mile (three-square-kilometer) slum in the heart of bustling Mumbai, India's other megacity

Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Cairo, Egypt

People have lived in Cairo for some 6,000 years, but explosive growth is relatively modern

Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Lagos, Nigeria

The city's population is expected to reach 18 million in the next two years

Tags: population, news

Web Has Unexpected Effect on Journalism

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:34:49 GMT

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Clip Source: ap.google.com

The Internet has profoundly changed journalism, but not necessarily in ways that were predicted even a few years ago,

It was believed at one point that the Net would democratize the media, offering many new voices, stories and perspectives.

Yet the news agenda actually seems to be narrowing, with many Web sites primarily packaging news that is produced elsewhere,

Two stories — the war in Iraq and the 2008 presidential election campaign — represented more than a quarter of the stories in newspapers, on television and online last year

Take away Iraq, Iran and Pakistan, and news from all of the other countries in the world combined filled up less than 6 percent of the American news hole

News is less a product, like the day's newspaper or a nightly newscast, than a service that is constantly being updated

"The afternoon newspaper is in a sense being reborn online,"

journalists are, to a large degree, embracing the changes being thrust upon them

doing blogs and that they appreciate reader feedback

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Viking Women Wore "Sexy" Outfits

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:21:56 GMT

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Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Call it the Viking version of a low-cut top.

A modern reconstruction of a Norse outfit

is a single piece of fabric held in place by clasps that sit on the middle of each breast

Such a provocative outfit was probably common among Viking women before Christianity took hold in Scandinavia

Researchers had previously suggested, for instance, that the breast clasps found in the graves of Norse women had moved from another part of the body as the corpse rotted

But any hints of risqué dress faded in the late 900s, as trade routes expanded and medieval Christian fashions hit Sweden

"It's easy to imagine that the Christian church had certain reservations about clothing that accentuated the breasts in this way," Larsson said.

Tags: news, sex

Playboy, Braille Edition

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:00:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: this page is actually titled "Photographer Captures America's Best-Kept Secrets" there are some really cool images but I think this one is the funniest.

Clip Source: www.wired.com

Playboy, Braille Edition

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a division of the Library of Congress, maintains a free national library of braille materials. Playboy was selected on the basis of demonstrated reader interest; Congress funds free distribution of the braille edition.

Tags: funny, images, news, weird