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To All The Girls We've Loved Before: Classic Songs About Classic Women

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:34:30 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: heh, cute list. Interesting stuff about the songs too!

To All the Girls We’ve Loved Before, Classic Songs About Classic Women

Here are some of the other greatest rock tunes inspired by ladies who happened to be at the right place at the right time.

The Rolling Stones “Angie”

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Kiss “Beth”

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Beach Boys, “Caroline, No”

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Rod Stewart “Maggie May”

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Prince “Darling Nikki”

Chuck Berry “Carol”

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Elvis Costello “Alison”

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The Beatles “Martha, My Dear”

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Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”

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Patti Smith “Gloria”

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Tags: music, songs, rolling stones, kiss

Men flirting in Saudi Arabia to get punished...with a haircut!

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:17:11 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: What can you even say abot this!? Ridiculous!

This is a good blog to read though... worth following!

Clip Source: deathby1000papercuts.com

Flirting Saudis: Women Get Flogged, Men Punished with Haircuts

Justice Carries a Pair of Scissors

Journey for a moment to the Magic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the women get flogged for flirting and men–get a haircut?

Prince Fahd bin Badr ordered police to administer the trims after seeing a group of men with long hair pestering female students as they left school in the town of Skaka. Many clergymen in the conservative Gulf country say men should not have long hair because Islam prohibits the sexes from emulating each other.

“In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia it is illegal to wear a cross necklace, read a Bible, or utter a Christian prayer in the privacy of your own home. Under the law, conversion to Christianity by Saudi citizens is a criminal offense punishable by death.”

Drug dealers are routinely beheaded.

The moral of this story: Serial flirters, when in Saudi Arabia, would find it wise to leave their cross, Bible and nickel bag at home.

Tags: saudi arabia, justice, punishment, flirt, women

Guzzling Girls: Arrests of drunken women up 1,100%

Sat, 03 May 2008 08:27:37 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: heh, seems to be a lot of negativity against women in the press these days... first the dirty keyboards, now this!

Interesting story though!, but I wish they compared to how much the increase is for arrests of men! That would really show if there's a lot of meaning to this story...

Clip Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Arrests of drunken women up 1,100 per cent

Arrests of drunk and disorderly women have rocketed by 1,100 per cent in some areas.

The shocking figures come amid nationwide concern at the spiralling crisis of binge-drinking girls.

West Midlands Police said its female drunk and disorderly arrests had multiplied by 11 times in just five years - from 59 in 2003-2004 to 731 in 2007-2008.

In Gwent they soared from 28 to 190 and in Leicestershire from 14 to 77 - increases of 578 and 450 per cent.

"Pubs and bars are targeting women with offers and cheap drinks to encourage them. It should be stopped."

Northumbria Chief Constable Mike Craik called for "an end to discounted drinks such as two-for-one, happy hours and supermarkets selling alcohol below cost price". He added: "There should be a ban on the sale of alcopops."

The 21 police forces which gave "like for like" figures to Channel 4 News of female drunk and disorderly arrests saw them up from 3,847 to 5,891 between 2003 and 2008.

Tags: drunk, women, britain

Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:29:10 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: Wow! This is just dirty! I hate it when people eat at their desks... more so if they don't wash their hands after eating, or eat oily/fried stuff while typing... Just disgusting!

What's interesting though, is that the study says "compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area". ! Who'd ever think that possible!? heh

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'

Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research has suggested.

Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning.

Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office's toilet seats.

Microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson said a keyboard was often "a reflection of what is in your nose and in your gut".

During the Which? tests in January this year, a microbiologist deemed one of the office's keyboards to be so dirty he ordered it to be removed, quarantined and cleaned.

It had 150 times the recommended limit for bacteria - five times as filthy as a lavatory seat tested at the same time, the research found.

They also found that, compared to men, on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area.

Tags: keyboard, hygiene, bacteria, dirt

Wanted: 150 Women to eat Chocolate

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:40:52 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: First a guy in UK looking for drinking partners for his dad, now Doctors in UK looking for 150 post-menopausal women to eat chocolate!

Living in the UK sure seems like a good idea!

Clip Source: www.telegraphindia.com

Wanted: 150 women to eat chocolate

London, April 28: One hundred and fifty women will eat chocolate every day for a year in the name of science.

The bars will be handed out as part of a research study into the health benefits of cocoa.

A team at the University of East Anglia are investigating whether compounds in chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease in women with type 2 diabetes. Heart disease is common in diabetics and is the most common cause of death in patients with the condition.

But doctors warned that the general population and diabetics in particular should not start eating large quantities of chocolate unsupervised because it also contains lots of sugar and fat which exacerbate diabetes and encourage weight gain.

Tags: chocolat, women, diabetes, post-menopause