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Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:41:53 GMT

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First Results from a search stumble for 'YUMMY'

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:34:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I concur

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Tags: stumble, terms, yummy, menstown, 1st result

Teen summonsed for calling Scientology a cult

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:18:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The City of London police came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology.
The City of London Chief Superintendent, Kevin Hurley, praised Scientology for "raising the spiritual wealth of society" during the opening
of its headquarters in 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word "cult" to describe the Church of Scientology.

The unnamed 15-year-old was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful demonstration opposite the London headquarters of the controversial religion.

Officers confiscated a placard with the word "cult" on it from the youth, who is under 18, and a case file has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service.

The incident happened during a protest against the Church of Scientology on May 10. Demonstrators from the anti-Scientology group, Anonymous, who were outside the church's £23m headquarters

were banned by police from describing Scientology as a cult by police because it was "abusive and insulting".

"Following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service some demonstrators were warned verbally and in writing that their signs breached section five of the Public Order Act.

A CPS spokesman said no specific advice was given to police regarding the boy's placard.

For Better or Worse, Sex in Space Is Inevitable

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:43:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.livescience.com

Weddings in space could be right around the corner, and experts figure the inevitable cosmic consummation will be just around the next corner.

The Japanese firm First Advantage and the U.S.-based private spaceflight firm Rocketplane Global, Inc., announced last week they will host weddings in space for about $2.3 million (240 million yen) apiece.

For all we know, sex in space has already taken place. But NASA officials aren't talking about that much.

Beyond space tourism as a platform for steamy shenanigans, space missions are the perfect petri dishes for close encounters, and this year NASA certainly has a busy flight schedule, with five missions planned. And more countries than ever are now venturing into space, with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata slated to become Japan's first long-duration space flyer this year and China gearing up for its first spacewalk scheduled for October.

Things will get even more interesting with future long-duration missions envisioned for the moon, Mars

Tags: space travel, sex, nasa

Graduates of Google Labs

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:19:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I have used many of these

Clip Source: labs.google.com

Graduates of Labs

Google Transit
Plan trips using public transportation

GOOG-411
Search for local businesses using your voice, from any phone, for free.
Dial 1-800-GOOG-411.

Google Reader
Use Google's web-based feed reader to keep track of your favorite web sites

Google Notebook
Clip and collect information as you browse the web

Google Docs & Spreadsheets
Create, store and share documents and spreadsheets on the web

Google Video
Search TV programs and videos

Personalized Search
Get the search results most relevant to you

iGoogle
Add information you care about to your Google homepage

Google Maps
View maps, get driving directions, and search for local businesses and services.

Google Scholar
Search through journal articles, abstracts and other scholarly literature

Google SMS (US)
Get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device

Google Desktop
Find all your information, whether it's on the web or stored on your computer, from one convenient location

Tags: google labs, google, graduates, use, options, gutil

FAIL!

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:40:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.fuentebetsaida.com

Army monitors soldiers' blogs

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:21:35 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Army monitors soldiers' blogs, Web sites

Sun Oct 29, 1:24 PM ET

RICHMOND, Va. - From the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to here at home, soldiers blogging about military life are under the watchful eye of some of their own.

A Virginia-based operation, the Army Web Risk Assessment Cell, monitors official and unofficial blogs and other Web sites for anything that may compromise security. The team scans for official documents, personal contact information and pictures of weapons or entrances to camps.

In some cases, that information can be detrimental, said Lt. Col. Stephen Warnock, team leader and battalion commander of a Manassas-based Virginia National Guard unit working on the operation.

In one incident, a blogger was describing his duties as a guard, providing pictures of his post and discussing how to exploit its vulnerabilities. Other soldiers posted photos of an Army weapons system that was damaged by enemy attack, and another showed personal information that could have endangered his family.

"We are a nation at war," Warnock said by e-mail. "The less the enemy knows, the better it is for our soldiers."

Now soldiers wishing to blog while deployed are required to register their sites with their commanding officers, who monitor the sites quarterly, according to a four-page document of guidelines published in April 2005 by Multi-National Corps-Iraq.

"This is a new media — Blogging. Podcasting. Online videos," wrote Borda, 32, of Dallas, who kept a blog while he was deployed in Afghanistan with the Virginia National Guard. "The military is doing what it feels necessary to ensure the safety of the troops."

"We are not a law enforcement or intelligence agency. Nor are we political correctness enforcers," Warnock said. "We are simply trying to identify harmful Internet content and make the authors aware of the possible misuse of the information by groups who may want to damage United States interests."

Tags: internet, blogs, army, technology

Speak English Please: No more buzzwords

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cnn.com

LONDON, England (AP) -- British bureaucrats have been warned: no more synergies, stakeholders or sustainable communities.

The Local Government Association, whose members include hundreds of district, town and county councils in England and Wales, on Friday sent out a list of 100 "non-words" that it said officials should avoid if they want to be understood.

The list includes the popular but vague term "empowerment;" "coterminosity," a situation in which two organizations oversee the same geographical area; and "synergies," combinations in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Officials were told to ditch the term "revenue stream" for income, as well as the imprecise "sustainable communities." The association also said councils should stop referring to local residents as "customers" or "stakeholders."

"Why do we have to have 'coterminous, stakeholder engagement' when we could just 'talk to people' instead?" he said.

Tags: jargon, english, language, buzzwords

Victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:18:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This over the top display of greed and corruption makes me physically ill

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

BILOXI, Mississippi (CNN) -- Prisons in Mississippi got coffee makers, pillowcases and dinnerware -- all intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The state's Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks took more coffee makers, cleaning supplies and other items.

People check out the second story of a home sitting on the ground in Biloxi, Mississippi, after Katrina in 2005.

Plastic containers ended up with the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration.

Colleges, volunteer fire departments and other agencies received even more.

But the Mississippi hurricane victims who originally were intended to receive the supplies got nothing, a CNN investigation has found. Watch victims tell why they need the items »

Roasted Garlic Potato Soup

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:45:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Roast the garlic with the potatoes for better flavor.

Clip Source: allrecipes.com

6 baking potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces

2 tablespoons olive oil, divided

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 onion, chopped

6 cloves garlic, peeled

3 cups chicken broth

1 cup water

1 cup whole milk

salt to taste

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

Place potatoes in a shallow roasting pan and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Sprinkle with pepper; stir to coat. Bake for 25 minutes, or until potatoes are browned. Reserve 1 cup of roasted potatoes.

In a 3 quart saucepan heat remaining oil; saute onions for 5 minutes. Add potatoes and garlic and stir in broth and water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes.

Spoon half of broth mixture into a blender; blend until nearly smooth. Repeat with remaining mixture; return all to pot. Stir in milk and season with salt to taste. Ladle into bowls and top with reserved roasted potatoes.

Tags: recipe, soup, garlic, potato

Wal-Mart Opposes Workers Comp Disability For Shot And Beaten Police Officer

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:56:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Surprise, surrprise

Clip Source: www.laborradio.org

Wal-Mart is opposing a former Arkansas police officer Jimmy Singleton’s efforts to win permanent disability workers comp payments after he was beaten and shot on duty. Ken Harper is Singleton’s attorney.

[Harper]: “I think it’s a terrible case for them to try to get involved in. Here we have an officer who was just doing his duty, actually putting his life on the line. He’s beaten, shot and left for dead on the side of the road. And the treatment that officer Singleton has received from the Arkansas Worker’s Compensation Commission I don’t think has been a whole lot better than the treatment he got that night, to be honest with you.”

The case is being heard by the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Tags: serves, him, right, for, not, being, able, to, dodge, bullets

Older men told to 'use it or lose it'

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:31:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Other factors that contribute to erectile dysfunction that were taken into account include include age diabetes, and heart disease. Blood is retained by a muscle that stops blood from being returned to the body during arousal. Perhaps without regular exercise it is more inclined to lose its grip on the blood vessels.
How being caught by surprise affected function, was not mentioned

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

There's new advice for older men who want to preserve their sexual function: have sex, and have it often,

The study, published in the American Journal of Medicine, followed nearly 1000 older Finnish men for five years, and reports that those who were regularly having sex at the start of the study were at lower risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED)

Dr Juha Koskimaki and colleagues at the University of Tampere in Finland studied 989 men who were between the ages of 55 and 75

8% of men who had reported having sexual intercourse less than once per week had ED

3.2% of men who had intercourse once per week

ED among men

having sexual intercourse three or more times per week was 1.6%.

ED occurs when there are problems with blood flow to the penis. Regular sexual activity

may help maintain healthy blood vessel function in the erectile tissue.

A number of factors contribute to ED development

after taking account of those factors, sexual activity itself remained linked to ED risk

Yellowstone fires 20 years later: Back after the burn

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:06:05 GMT

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Clip Source: www.missoulian.com

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - In a spot severely burned by the 1988 North Fork fire, a National Park Service interpretive sign notes that the area surrounding the boardwalk may be a meadow for decades. Instead, spring-green lodgepole pine trees up to 15 feet high have taken root across the hillside.

“There's just a lot of myth around the fires that's taken for truth,” said Don Despain, 67, a retired fire ecologist who worked in the park in 1988. “All of (the theories) have been proved wrong. By 1988, I knew that those were not true. The '81, '79 and '76 fires were just as hot as 1988.”

“Fire in a forest that's dependent on fire, it's not destructive, it's recycling itself,” said Bob Barbee, Yellowstone superintendent in 1988. “It's a fact of life, like rain and sunshine.”

“People wanted Bambi stories, but the animals generally moved to large, open fields and were seemingly unconcerned,”

Tags: fire, ecosystems, forest, yellowstone

Miami Beach Brothel Bus

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:45:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Exact change required?

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

MIAMI (Reuters) - A "brothel bus" that detectives said cruised Miami Beach offering lap dances and drinks has taken its last ride, police said on Wednesday.

The sleek black bus cruised the South Beach neighborhood popular among tourists and club-goers, offering rides and unlimited drinks for $40.

Aboard, undercover detectives said they found a fully stocked bar and several young women who stripped down to reveal G-strings stuffed with cash and offered to perform sex acts.

Tags: sex, brothel, bus, miami beach

incredible sand drawing spans THREE MILES of desert

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:34:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:17 PM on 04th July 2008

Spiralling off across the Nevada desert, these huge geometric shapes are an amazing three miles in diameter.

Created using only common garden implements and wooden sticks, the stunning creation is the most ambitious of many sand sculptures made by 47-year-old Jim Denevan.

True grit: US artist Jim Denevan walked in circles for more than 100 miles to make the massive piece of sand art in the Nevada Desert

Art's a beach: Strollers are dwarfed by another Denevan piece

Wash this space: Waves roll in over a gigantic beach drawing

'I once finished a picture and was on my way home and realised that I had forgotten my jacket. When I went back, people on a cliff above the picture shouted at me to get off it. I had to shout back that it was me who had drawn it,' Denevan said.

'I love to complete a piece just as the tide comes in so that in that moment it is finished and destroyed,' he added.