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news, some evil, some not so evil

Researchers in the UK have found that children who were exposed to music in the womb will recognize and prefer the songs after they are born.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010712/hl/womb.html

and…

According to a report, hundreds of hospitals around the U.S. have a violated a rule that requires them to provide emergency care to anyone, regardless of an ability to pay.
http://latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2D000057449jul13

Police take sample of Condit’s DNA.
Lawyer says Condit passes polygraph.
Rep. Bob Barr calls for his resignation.
http://cnn.com/2001/US/07/13/intern.missing/index.html

Leaders from India and Pakistan hold talks for the first time in two years.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=690621

BMWs that run on hydrogen.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/07/13/hydrogen.cars.ap/

A company is set to introduce perfume that can be worn both by cats and their owners. (Personally… I like the way Newt smells now.)
http://boston.com/news/daily/13/cat_perfume.htm

Researchers say the best way to preserve the quality of wine isn’t corks, it’s screwcaps. (Would the frog like to sniff the bottle cap?)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010713/od/screwcaps_dc.html

my fave of the day –

— FREEZE OR I’LL HUMILIATE MYSELF

A man tried to rob an adult entertainment store by holding his finger in the position of a gun and pointing it at employees. Further evidence that one’s fantasy life is best left in a darkened corner of one’s own home.

http://www.kgw.com/kgwnews/oregonwash_story.html?StoryID=22954

I need mr sparkle to help me! he will banish dirt to the land of wind and ghosts! bleh. messy office. *makes a note – have the cleanstaff in here, and soon.

While we’re at it, lets spray for triffids.

*creeeeeak* Gets up off the floor.

enough unpacking… time for me to hop in the shower and face the day.

Friday! Payday! hooray! ๐Ÿ™‚

Oh, I’m looking forward to this weekend.. I need a rest. My work plate has been mighty full, as has my sweetie’s. With any luck we can spend a lot of quality time together, save for all the chores we both need to do.

I’m hoping today will be a happy one… for me and for everybody else. See you kids later.

longueur and spoliation – Another two words of the day that have some bearing on LJ… (especially if you use random)

longueur long-GUR, noun:
A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical composition, or the like.

Longueur is from French (where it means “length”), ultimately deriving from Latin longus, “long,” which is also the source of English long.

spoliation spo-lee-AY-shun noun

1. The act of pillaging and plundering.
2. Seizure of neutral ships at sea in time of war.
3. The deliberate destruction or alteration of a document.

From Middle English, from Latin spoliation, past participle of spoliare, from spoil.

Good Morning… here’s some evil news to get you started.

Quebec Cops Are Sissies
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Four carloads of police, two ambulances and an animal control officer were needed to control a cat that mauled an elderly man. The commotion was so great that police responded in force because they thought they were dealing with a domestic dispute, said Marc Gaudreau, a spokesman for the Trois-Rivieres-Ouest public security department.

Stout Support for What Ales America
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One Keystone State congressman believes Congress has yet to quench its thirst for tax cuts and is pressing to make happy hour a whole lot happier. A bill sponsored by Rep. Phil English, R-Pa., who said he represents a district of hard-working, blue collar constituents who like to drink beer, would roll back the federal excise tax on beer to pre-1991 levels โ€” about half of what it is today.โ€œIn my view, alcohol taken in moderation can have a positive affect,โ€

I’m Drunk And We Both Know It Kits Available
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Police officers pulling over suspected drunk drivers have a new enemy on the road these days.
It’s a wallet-sized booklet that with a push of a button makes a 10-second announcement that acts as a kind of verbal cop repellant.
“Please understand that I will only exit the vehicle for your safety or if under arrest,” the recorded voice says. “Please read the enclosed for additional information.”
It is called Ramsell’s Roadside Rights, named after DUI defense attorney Don Ramsell, who himself has been twice arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol โ€” and twice acquitted.
The device is supposed to keep police away from your window so they can’t look in your eyes or smell your breath. Drivers also hand police a card indicating they refuse to take a Breathalyzer or answer any questions without a lawyer present.

World To UK, Keep Your Farrakhan Ban
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Lawyers for the controversial religious leader Louis Farrakhan have begun their appeal to overturn a 15-year old ban excluding him from the UK.
The ban was first imposed in 1986 by the then UK Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, following opposition to Farrakhan’s presence in Britain by the Board of Deputies of British Jews who cited his “anti-Semitic and racially divisive views.”

Dude, It Like Made Him Mellow And Stuff
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He’s 7 years old and afflicted with a brain disorder that has wracked his body with extreme changes in mood, energy and behavior for years.
And now he’s at the center of a controversy that pits a caring parent against a protective bureaucracy on the high-octane battlefield of medical marijuana.

Farmer Cuts Off Own Arm To Save Self
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After finding himself in the maws of a bailling machine, the farmer realizes his only way to avoid being sucked in is to cut his own arm off, with a metal strip from his headphones.
“I was scared, but after I cut my own arm off, I had all sorts of adrenaline,” he said.
His father looked for his arm while his friend drove him to Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville…
Wagner said his arm still hurts and that doctors told him they might need to amputate more of it. He said he thinks he’ll be able to continue farming, “but not like I really want to.”

Ex-Menudo Member Claims To Have Career
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A former member of the Latin pop group Menudo claims a massage-chair mishap at a Sharper Image store had him seeing double.
“Contrary to its name, defendant Sharper Image has caused blurred and double vision” for Ruben Gomez, his $12 million lawsuit charges.
“This is about economic loss. His whole career was pushed back because of this injury,” said his lawyer, Pam Liapakis.

also stolen from sweetalyssm!

According to Aura Colors, my primary colors are (at 8 of 10 each)- yellow and sensitive tan, and secondaries at 6 of 10 are blue and logical tan.

Yellows are the most fun-loving, free-spirited, energetic, and childlike personalities in the aura spectrum. Yellows are wonderful, sensitive, optimistic beings, whose life purpose is to bring joy to people, to have fun, and to help heal the planet.

The Sensitive Tan is the bridge between the mental colors and the emotional colors. Their auras are a combination of a light tan color with a light blue band next to it that encircles the body. Their personalities are a subtle combination of the mental Tan qualities and the emotional Blue qualities.

Blues are some of the most loving, nurturing and supportive personalities of the Life Colors. They live from their heart and emotions. Their purpose for being on the planet is to give love, to teach love and to learn that they are loved. Their priorities are love, relationships, and spirituality.

Logical Tans are very logical and analytical. They choose to process every step, from one through ten. Logical Tans do not like to skip or miss anything. Their method of processing cannot be rushed. They need to analyze and comprehend the logic in each step before proceeding to the next.

Pretty accurate, I suppose. I’m methodical, and emotional, surely.

neat!

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thanks, lance!

I’m guilty as charged. I’m a net admin, and I do this.

They Know You’re Reading This
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20010710_19.html

In another study not conducted by an advertising agency concerned with
making you feel bad about not clicking on links, the University of Denver’s
Workplace Surveillance Project of the Privacy Foundation says that 1/3 of
American workers who are online at work are having those activities
monitored by their employers, including email messages and where they go on
the Web.

The study says 14million workers of the estimated 40million online are
having their activities constantly monitored by software packages that may
even record every keystroke they make. Most companies claim they are not
monitoring individuals but only want the figures to determine trends on
Internet usage.

And who has the best porn links…*points finger at the boss…

also –

When Is An App Not An App?
http://gnucleus.sourceforge.net/

But maybe you aren’t willing to give your heart over to another company
promising free access to copyrighted material forever. You’ve been hurt
before, you won’t get fooled again, your love is like oxygen, love is a
battlefield.

Turn to Gnucleus for help!

Gnucleus is Windows freeware that works on the open-sourced Gnutella
network, which means it can’t be shut down, turned off or litigated into
nothingness. There’s no there there. A truly distributed peer-to-peer
network, there are no servers sitting in no buildings in no company’s
office. Shutting down Gnutella would require knocking on the doors of every user and asking them politely (with a court order in hand) to please turn their client off.

And although Gnutella has been around for a while, usually getting into the
network has been a trial in itself. But John Marshall, the 18-year-old New
Hampshire high school student leading the Gnucleus development team has created something different. His client, which comes with no documentation, is making connections easier than ever.

But you never heard that from me.