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No Pizza in Space

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:14:46 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc
clipper's remarks: I could live without the pizza but 12 days without changing underwear (even if it is "special" is a bit much).

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

For the last few years astronauts have been allowed to fly with iPods, a great space saver over CD players.

the lithium batteries were taken out and replaced with alkaline double As

when the shuttle docks to the space station, iPods can't cross over the hatch because they haven't been certified

Each space shuttle crew gets one set of silverware per mission.

hey have to wipe their forks and knives down with disinfectant wipes after every meal.

Pizza: NASA can put a man on the moon but there is no way to get pizza on a space station or space shuttle mission.

Astronaut Mike Massimino, a native New Yorker, misses good pizza. "

Someone would get a Nobel Prize if they can figure out how to get pizza in space."

many years ago a space shuttle commander was concerned about a crew member he considered potentially volatile. He requested a padlock to lock the hatch to

keep someone from opening it unexpectedly during a mission.

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Laundry:

however long the mission runs, they wear the same clothes over and over.

Yer Killin' Me

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:21:52 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc
clipper's remarks: What next?

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

To the long list of objects vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, add the human heart.

a team of computer security researchers plans to report Wednesday that it had been able to gain wireless access to a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker.

They were able to reprogram it to shut down and to deliver jolts of electricity that would potentially be fatal

researchers said they had also been able to glean personal patient data

The report

makes clear that the hundreds of thousands of people in this country with implanted defibrillators or pacemakers

— they include Vice President Dick Cheney — have no need yet to fear hackers.

The researchers said the test results suggested that too little attention was being paid to security in the growing number of medical implants being equipped with communications capabilities.

“The risks to patients now are very low, but I worry that they could increase in the future,” said Tadayoshi Kohno, a lead researcher on the project

Million-to-one identical triplets dazzle their doctors

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:26:34 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

Clip Source: www.canada.com

VANCOUVER - Three tiny, million-to-one, celebrity triplets are making medical history at a Vancouver-area hospital, to the relief of their delighted parents.

"They took me into intensive care on my stretcher afterwards and I got to touch them and see them for the first time and that was a really amazing experience," said happy mom Thea Willson of Surrey, B.C. "I want to jump for joy. It's a great feeling that they are healthy children."

Born on Feb. 29 - Leap Year Day - the naturally-conceived, identical triplets had already beaten incredibly long odds.

But doctors say there's no previous medical record of a birth like that of Daniella, Alexis and Gemma.

"We recognized that this is a very unique triplet pregnancy among triplet pregnancies," said Dr.

"It's rare to have all three identical. We found that two of the babies were in the same sack and had their cords entangled, which is really a life-threatening scenario."

Tags: babies, triplets, canada

Bugroff....the antisocial networking site

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:28:06 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: www.cleverlittlepod.com

Last Lecture

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:40:43 GMT

clipped by: 1WickedAngel
clipper's remarks: Here Randy Pausch reprising his last lecture. May you work harder, don't worry about the little things, find humility and most of all live life to the fullest with those you love most.

Clip Source: video.stumbleupon.com

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The Peretz-Fararakhan Convergence

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:00:12 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc
clipper's remarks: Please read the entire article for full context.

What caught my attention was the WSJs wry comment on the non-event or circumstance of having a white mother and it's implied burnishing of Senator Obama's qualification/capability/desirability for presidential office.

The rest of the article describes in a little more detail the unusual nature of these polar opposites being in the tank for Senator Obama.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Not yet creeped out by the Barack Obama phenomenon? Maybe this will change your mind.

Marty Peretz, the pro-Israel hawk who is The New Republic's titular editor-in-chief, and Louis Farrakhan, the anti-Semitic head of the Nation of Islam, are as one in their avidity for Obama.

Peretz's blog entry from Friday:

He actually brought tears to my eyes. "I was born to a teen-aged mother," said Barack Obama,

And here is the Associated Press, reporting on Farrakhan:

Farrakhan compared Obama to the religion's founder, Fard Muhammad, who also had a white mother and black father.

Peretz's and Farrakhan's strange fixation on Obama's mother's race makes this all the more peculiar. This is one respect in which Obama would be anything but a pathbreaker: By our count, white women have given birth to more than three dozen U.S. presidents. We're pretty sure both Hillary Clinton and John McCain have white moms too.

the idea of a president who provokes such unhinged support strikes us as dangerous.

Tags: campaign 2008

The High Metabolism Diet

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:40:45 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc

Clip Source: health.msn.com

Essential eating rules that stoke your fat burn all day long

You probably don't need scientists to tell you that your metabolism slows with age. But they're studying it anyway—and coming up with exciting new research to help rev it up again. The average woman gains 1 1/2 pounds a year during her adult life—enough to pack on 40-plus pounds by her 50s, if she doesn't combat the roller coaster of hormones, muscle loss, and stress that conspires to slow her fat-burning engine. But midlife weight gain isn't inevitable: We've found an exercise and diet plan that will tackle these changes.

Eat Enough

Rev Up in the Morning

Drink Coffee or Tea

Fight Fat with Fiber

Buy the Big Bottle

Go Organic

Always Include Protein

Eat Iron-Rich Foods

Get More D

Skip the Second Cocktail

Drink Milk

1-Minute Metabolism Booster

Exercise is obviously important, but regular daily activity known as "NEAT" (nonexercise activity thermogenesis) is equally essential for a healthy metabolism.

E-mail Unreliable?

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:11:40 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc

Clip Source: www.informationweek.com

E-Mail--Hideously Unreliable

up to 40% of valid E-mails never reach the recipient

It's almost certain that some significant percentage of your legitimate outbound E-mails aren't getting to their destinations; or that some significant percentage of your legitimate inbound E-mails are being lost before you ever see them.

When I say "significant," I don't mean a few. I mean something like 40%, or even more in some cases.

And I'm not talking about losing junk mail. I'm talking about the loss of totally valid, non-spam/non-junk E-mail.

As many as four out of 10 of your serious E-mails--the sort you might exchange with co-workers, friends, business associates, or customers--may not be making it to their intended destinations.

This alarming statistic is derived from a large test I conducted late last year,

less than a day after my request went out, I was astonished to see that more than 10,000 people had signed up. Clearly, E-mail reliability is a real hot button!

Tags: e-mail, communication, messaging

Kicking the Habit

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:14:12 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc
clipper's remarks: Humorous article about junking the java jones.

Clip Source: www.beliefnet.com

Kicking the Habit

I haven’t wanted to talk to anyone about this, but last week my husband came downstairs for breakfast and caught me yelling at the toaster. Much to his credit, he didn’t take sides. Instead, he just patted my shoulder and said, “Honey, I think you need to cut down on your caffeine.”

“Now, maybe it’s me,” he continued, “but lately, you seem a little, well, edgy.”

Believe me, I am as shocked as you are. Like nearly everyone else on the planet, I have about one, maybe two cups of coffee a day—especially if you don’t count the cup or two of pre-coffee that I drink in the morning until I can get to my real cup at the coffee bar down the street. And I’ve always considered my after-dinner cups of instant as more of a nightcap. So I did what any devoted wife would do: I called my friend Barb for a second opinion.

“Well,” she said finally, “the other day you did yell at the cart corral at the grocery store for taking up a good parking space.”

Tags: coffee, humor, funny, caffeine

GA Police Officers Shoot Each Other

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:32:31 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc

Clip Source: www.policeone.com

BUFORD, Ga. — Two off-duty officers from different police departments wounded each other in a gun fight in the middle of a road in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said.

Both officers suffered non-life-threatening wounds

Officer Jay Daily, a five-year veteran of the Duluth Police Department, exchanged multiple gunshots with Fulton County officer Paul Phillips on Friday afternoon, police said.

''It's been baffling to us why this situation even occurred,'' said Duluth Police Chief Randy Belcher. ''It's an embarrassment to this agency.''

Phillips, who was wearing his uniform and in a marked police car, was driving to his home in Gwinnett County

aily, who lives in the area, was off duty and in civilian clothing but was wearing a bulletproof vest

Belcher described Daily as ''an outstanding officer'' and said he was suspended while the investigation is under way

Tags: police, shooting, weird, bizarre, training day

Dot-com pioneers--where are they now?

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:20:48 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc

Clip Source: www.webware.com

Dot-com pioneers--where are they now?

In light of Friday's announcement that Microsoft has made a bid to buy Yahoo, it's a good opportunity to take a look at some of the pioneering tech companies that made the Web what it is today. Some of them continue to innovate and turn a profit, while others have either died off or been consumed by larger companies.

About.com.

AltaVista

Amazon.com

AOL

Ask Jeeves

Buy.com

CBS MarketWatch

CMGI (College Marketing Group Information)

CNET Networks

CompuServe

E*Trade

EarthLink

eBay

Excite@Home

Expedia

Games.com

iVillage

Lycos

Monster.com

Netscape

Overstock.com

Pets.com

Priceline.com

Shockwave.com

Webvan

Tags: dot com, internet, web, yahoo, microsoft, amazon

Offical Wants to Ban Off-duty Police Drug Use

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:18:10 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc
clipper's remarks: Horses too? Accompanying photo actually shows Dutch demonstration team practicing in what one would hope is not cannabis smoke. LOL

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

The Dutch interior minister wants police officials to stop using soft drugs when they are off-duty as it tarnishes the image of the force.

The use of some soft drugs is tolerated in the Netherlands and the sale of cannabis in small quantities for recreational use is permitted in government-regulated coffee shops

"The minister does not want police officials to use soft drugs, such as cannabis, not even during their spare time. It does not fit with the presentation of the police to the public," a spokesman said Thursday.

Cancer struggles inspire patient crusader

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:46:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Even though this person seemed "high powered" to begin with, this story reminds us that ONE person can make a DIFFERENCE!

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Cancer struggles inspire patient crusader

Story Highlights

Patient Advocate Foundation born of personal cancer struggles

Organization offers free help in navigating health care system

Founder: 44,515 clients received help in 2007

Nancy Davenport-Ennis

was a national speaker for the homebuilding and real estate industry, teaching classes at the University of North Carolina and writing a textbook about selling new homes.

Davenport-Ennis got breast cancer.

"My diagnosis was probably the best thing that ever happened in my life,"

I really was not sensitized to what happens to you if you're diagnosed with a life-threatening illness."

But this isn't a self-help story. It's about a woman who got angry and decided to change the world.

Two years after her own diagnosis, a close friend of Davenport-Ennis was found to have advanced breast cancer. "She was told there were no options for treatment,"

"I just felt there was a travesty,

that a 31-year-old woman needed to have options."

Tags: health, cancer, optimistic

NEVER too cold to exercise!?!

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:17:29 GMT

clipped by: evroptmstc
clipper's remarks: This WAS my last excuse!

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Too Cold to Exercise? Try Another Excuse

JULIA HENSLEY, a 41-year-old artist, got a taste of bitter cold a decade ago when she spent a winter living on a glacier near Seward, Alaska. Typical winter temperatures were 10 to 15 degrees below.

“The first time it got really cold, I was scared of it,” Ms. Hensley said. “My instinct was to get a stack of books and curl up beside the wood stove.”

But a boyfriend persuaded her to go out anyway, to cross-country ski or snowshoe for hours in deep snow. He taught her, she said, that as long as she kept moving, she would be fine.

it turns out that even though cold can be frightening, more people are injured exercising in the heat than exercising in the cold.

“The big question was, ‘Is it ever too cold?’” Dr. Castellani said. “The answer is no.

There really isn’t a point where you can tell people it is not safe anymore.”

Tags: health, fitness, exercise, cold weather, frigid

The G.W. Bush motivational poster

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:15:27 GMT

clipped by: kmcolo

Clip Source: despair.com

Tags: humor