Moon Farmer June 2002 Archive
« May 2002 | Main | July 2002 »If you think "Quantum Physics" sounds too difficult, unfortunately, it's even worse than that. Nobody in his right mind, my friends warn me, would dare do television like this. So here I am, doing it -- because Quantum Physics is real and relevant, and because every literate person should appreciate its profound beauty. This show is an impassioned word portrait of a new reality.
Posted by GeeTee at June 30, 2002 03:42 PM
The size of the memorial has become a focal point in recent weeks for families, who have been upset by Mayor Bloomberg's call for a smaller tribute.
Posted by GeeTee at June 30, 2002 04:44 AM
The sources said that the new element in the plan concerns the supposed role of Jordan and that King Abdullah II in agreeing to vacate two military airfields in Jordan to be used by the American troops. Some two thousand American troops have already landed in Jordanian territory.
Posted by GeeTee at June 30, 2002 04:33 AM
"I think the great lesson of life is that you never do learn any lessons. Every situation you confront is a new one and whatever wisdom you think you have acquired isn't really applicable."
Posted by GeeTee at June 29, 2002 02:40 PM
In January 2001, a second family with Aylmer's Church of God was investigated by the agency, called in because someone complained their children had been playing after dark. That family admitted hitting their children with objects and gave the agency a book, called Mommy, Daddy, We Would See Jesus, which they said helped guide them. The book instructs parents to hit children as young as six months. The Aylmer church at the time sold the book to followers.
Posted by GeeTee at June 29, 2002 06:07 AM
I have nothing in particular against the man. I just think he kind of looks like a chimpanzee.
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 06:06 PM
From June 25th, some 2,900 white farmers, whose farms have been earmarked to be seized and given to blacks, were legally obliged to cease work. Those who continue to plough, weed and scatter seeds face jail terms of up to two years. Generously, the government said it would allow them to continue living in their homes for another 45 days, but then they must leave. In theory, they are permitted to take their portable possessions away with them, but in practice, police and ruling-party militiamen at roadblocks often prevent them from escaping with anything too valuable. Mr Mugabe's cronies, relatives and assorted mobsters covet their pick-up trucks and threshing machines.
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 04:40 PM
Q: What attracted you to the study of stupidity?
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 04:19 PM
"However, there is nothing in the Constitution that separates chicken and state, which is why we're proposing, 'One nation, six chicken McNuggets and a medium Coke, all for $1.99.'"
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 03:43 PM
These facts fly in the face of the populist myth that the rich countries, often acting through the conditionality imposed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have demolished the trade barriers of the poor countries while holding on to their own. Indeed, both the omnipotence of the Bretton Woods institutions, and the wickedness of the rich countries, have been grossly exaggerated.
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 12:44 PM
Thanks to our penchant for buggering young boys, we know the Internet pretty well!
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 11:51 AM
In January 2001, Ms. Freeman moved to Winter Park from Illinois, where she had a driver's license with a veil for many years. She was issued a Florida driver's license that February. In December 2001, she received a letter from the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles instructing her to replace her photograph with one showing her entire face. After she refused, the state revoked her license in January.
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 11:43 AM
In a case last year involving the capture of a Department of Defense official's e-mail, the commissioner lamented a DND policy on the management of e-mail that stated employees should have no expectation of privacy when using the e-mail system, arguing that privacy protections cannot be eradicated just by informing employees they have no privacy.
Posted by GeeTee at June 28, 2002 11:25 AM
As soon as comprehensive databases of the public's communications or activities exist, the pressures to use them for purposes beyond those for which they were chartered will be inexorable. We might, for instance, create a database of all available e-mail traffic that would be searched for conspirators in a major terrorist act. But such a lode will surely be sought by defense attorneys--which means private parties coming to learn what's inside.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 06:32 PM
Hundreds of clay casting molds to manufacture copper parts and stone hammers, anvils and metal objects dating to about 2700 BC, were found at the site.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 05:24 PM
37 per cent of women and 15 per cent of men reported the spousal violence to the police. Statistics Canada says the lower reporting rates by men could reflect the less severe nature of the violence or the fact that social services for men may not be as widely available.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 04:56 PM
On Tuesday, Canadian Heritage confirmed it is reviewing Amazon.ca's business model to see if it contravenes current legislation.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 04:09 PM
In the field of photography, as same as in Love, everything's allowed.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 02:30 PM
There are other explanations, too. It hardly matters to sky watchers which is correct, though. The moon illusion is real and extraordinary.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 02:06 PM
As Canada debates digital copyright reforms (with many fearing the introduction of a Canadianized version of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act), the reality is that the DMCA may already be applicable in Canada. Prosecutors in California, who are pursuing a DMCA criminal action against Elcomsoft, a Russian software firm, have argued that the U.S. Congress explicitly drafted the copyright law in an extra-territorial manner so that it could be applied to activities that originate in Russia. If true, the same logic could easily be applied to Canadian firms that run afoul of the U.S. statute.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 12:34 PM
Hundreds of students, of all ages and races, gathered together with cigarettes in hand, to shown a united front against tobacco, and lit their cigarettes on fire in unison. Free cigarettes were given out to all participants who wished to burn them.
Posted by GeeTee at June 27, 2002 11:22 AM
Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 09:16 PM
...HR 4623 redirects law enforcement resources to investigations and prosecutions of "virtual" pornography which, by definition, do not involve the abuse or exploitation of children. Therefore, HR 4623 may reduce law enforcement's ability to investigate and prosecute legitimate cases of child pornography.
Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 03:13 PM
CBC News: Cheesy court ruling goes against parmesan
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that if Parmesan cheese doesn't come from Parma, Italy, it can't be Parmesan cheese. And the same goes for "Turkish" carpets and "French" Burgundy.
Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 01:57 PM
After the firing created an uproar across the country, Asper gave a series of interviews in which he defended the firing. The CanWest president and CEO said the editorial was only the final straw in a line of problems. A respected journalist for three decades, Mills alleges the libel occurred during those interviews.
Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 01:42 PM
Kottenstette uses a site called Canadian Meds USA, which acts as an intermediary between American consumers and pharmacies in Canada. Based in this Denver suburb, Canadian Meds USA is run by accountant Don Bozarth, who came up with the idea last year while looking for cheaper prescription drugs for his mother-in-law.
Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 01:21 PM
A spokeswoman from the Department of Canadian Heritage said the government is "actively examining whether the Investment Canada Act applies."
Under the act, Canadians must hold a majority interest in booksellers.
Mr. Bezos told reporters in Toronto yesterday that Canadian ownership rules are not an issue because Amazon.ca is a U.S. company without a Canadian office or a single employee in Canada.
Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 01:14 PM
CNN.com - Court rules Pledge of Allegiance 'unconstitutional' - June 26, 2002
...the appeals court said that teachers having classrooms reciting the pledge did not pass the coercion test. The court also said that an atheist or a holder of certain non-Judeo-Christian beliefs could see it as an attempt to "enforce a `religious orthodoxy' of monotheism."
Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 01:10 PM
UI Design Update Newsletter – June, 2002
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Posted by GeeTee at June 26, 2002 01:02 PM
"I'm not happy about this," said Vince Roska, 64, who waited about 90 minutes for security clearance and an escort to deliver three of his Calgary company's golf carts to a command post. "But if something happened and they didn't have the manpower they've assembled here, people would be all over them wondering why."
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 07:30 PM
We become confused and indecisive if we stand to lose more by making the wrong choice than we could gain by making the right one, two physicists in Israel calculate. The best strategy in such circumstances, say the pair, may actually be to flip a coin.
If that's the case, coin-tossing is best, since then you save time.
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 01:06 PM
It biodegrades at temperatures as low as 33 degrees Fahrenheit - simply by being exposed to moisture and microorganisms in the soil. Your candy bar's bioplastic wrapper accidentally blows out of the car window as you barrel down the highway? Not a problem. With a little rain, it dissolves in an hour. In a matter of weeks, it disintegrates into carbon dioxide and water.
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 12:55 PM
If an individual cannot swallow their own saliva and/ or does not have a strong cough, feeding by mouth should not be attempted.
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 12:49 PM
“We’re much worse off than we were five years ago. The risks are worse and the defenses are not as good. We’re going backwards—and that’s a scary thing.”
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 12:48 PM
...show how hospitals may be structured to care for patients seven days a week, but outpatient services work on a Monday-to-Friday delivery system.
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 10:35 AM
Sean, a long-standing and prominent supporter of the Scottish National Party, has been using his not for profit web site, seanconnery.com, to solicit donations for the cause, and regrettably committs the cardinal faux pas of asking donors to pass him email addresses of potentially like-minded friends.
For shame!
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 10:28 AM
"The bottom line -- profits -- actually determines what programs are shown on TV. If advertisers refused to sponsor them, violent and sexually explicit TV programs would be extinct."
Posted by GeeTee at June 25, 2002 10:23 AM
The plan will be available to EBay merchants who gross at least $1,000 a month in sales. This level has been reached by at least 80,000, according to the company.
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 04:43 PM
But sometimes that's just the way the Jell-O judicates.
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 04:09 PM
We found a bug in our code! In our original calculation, which you may have read in the press, we used (in good faith) software with a non-standard white point. Rather it was supposed to use a D65 white point, but did not apply it. The result was an effective white point somewhat redder than Illuminant E (as if some red neon lights were around) at 0.365,0.335. Although the x,y values of the Universe are unchanged from our original calculation the shift in the white point made the universe appear 'turquoise'. (i.e. x,y, remains the same, but the corresponding effective RGB values shift).
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 03:51 PM
THE TAMPA-BASED Web site, Bigdoggie.net, carried advertisements from prostitutes in the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany and South Africa that enabled then to arrange dates with customers, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 03:30 PM
The top 10 hunters who bring in the most gopher tails as proof of their kill will be awarded cash prizes.
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 03:26 PM
Kremlin Web site thwarts hackers
AFTER THREE MONTHS of checks by the Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information, the presidential administration is certain the www.president.kremlin.ru site, unveiled Thursday, is almost hacker-proof.
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 03:23 PM
CBC News: U.S. threatens to pull out of UN peacekeeping
Most countries back the new International Criminal Court (ICC), scheduled to begin its work July 1, but the United States has refused to endorse it -- arguing its citizens may face politically motivated prosecution.
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 03:06 PM
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 03:03 PM
Flashback: National Review Online
...these precise questions are ordinarily brought before the court (and should be brought before it in every relevant case) as a matter of elementary fairness. No court should allow a person to plead guilty wrongly or to give his lawyer inadequate help.
This piece is interesting, though it has an overlying shrillness that I find unsettling. The idea he seems to be getting at, albeit in a sideways manner, is that it's inappropriate to fix a legal conundrum with patches of subjective exclusion. If there's a problem, fix the problem, don't set up segregated ramps around it.
Posted by GeeTee at June 24, 2002 05:02 AM
There is no evidence that the cameras help fight crime, according to Radwanski. Experts believe they simply encourage criminals to move to another part of town, he said.
Posted by GeeTee at June 21, 2002 06:40 PM
Novelist, actor, memoirist and playwright Timothy Findley died in hospital in France just before midnight last evening from continuing complications resulting from a pelvic fracture in early spring. A heavy smoker and drinker, Mr. Findley had been suffering from congestive heart failure. He was 71.
Posted by GeeTee at June 21, 2002 06:26 PM
The document says it is not a "ridiculous possibility" that a discharge "actually protects the fish in that they are not inclined to bite (and get eaten by humans) but they go ahead with their upstream movement and egg laying."
Posted by GeeTee at June 21, 2002 06:21 PM
Fast food sends schoolgirls
into sexual feeding frenzy
"Gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, herpes, genital warts ... some girls are carriers of multiple diseases. I had one girl whose herpes sores had spread so far she couldn't walk any more," Akaeda says. "And they still do it without condoms. I tell them to at least use a condom, but none of them listen to me."
Posted by GeeTee at June 21, 2002 06:19 PM
Sharkey said: "Since the experiment went live in March they have all learned a significant amount and are becoming more intelligent by the day but the fact that it had ability to navigate itself out of the building and along the concrete floor to the gates has surprised us all."
Posted by GeeTee at June 21, 2002 06:16 PM
96% say the pope should take disciplinary action against bishops who do not remove known abusers from ministries involving contact with minors.
Posted by GeeTee at June 21, 2002 12:00 PM
Have you ever wanted to pretend that you were someone else. Well, now you can!
Posted by GeeTee at June 21, 2002 05:46 AM
Once everything had been removed from the kitchen, a box containing the new water cooler was plunked on the floor in the original space. This provoked a lot of speculation about when it would be set up and whether there would be any real benefit from it, but once again little information was at hand. This may be the first time the water cooler conversation actually concerned the water cooler.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 05:18 PM
Delegates at the AMA's annual meeting voted in favor of the resolution this week, saying payments could provide, for example, reimbursement for funeral expenses.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 02:59 PM
"They've got to be more open in terms of their decision-making process so we can assess and analyse. Maybe they've got good reasons for denying accreditation, we simply have no way to know. Without knowing their reasons, naturally we're inclined to think the worst," said Lyndsay Lister.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 02:51 PM
The survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( news - web sites) said the men's favorite party drugs were Ecstasy (also known as ''X''), which gives users a sense of well-being and unlimited energy but also can cause brain damage; the anesthetic ketamine (''Special K''); the sedative gamma hydroxybuterate (GHB); and crystal methamphetamine, a stimulant. The survey also said 28% of the men reported having sex without condoms on circuit party weekends.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 02:44 PM
If the sounds are in fact mating calls then the researchers say sound waves from sonar on military and commercial ships could be drowning out the whale calls and hampering their breeding encounters.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 02:36 PM
"We are not persuaded that the execution of mentally retarded criminals will measurably advance the deterrent or the retributive purpose of the death penalty," Justice John Paul Stevens (news - web sites) wrote for the court majority in the 17-page opinion.
If I was going to execute anybody, I'd execute criminals that are mentally retarded or insane. I don't see any purpose in financially supporting criminals that are too biologically defective to rehabilitate. Given that there is a finite amount of money in any economy, I would choose to spend more money on people who haven't done anything, like schoolchildren, than on criminals, particularly criminals that are not expected to recover.
The only reason I can imagine to not execute retarded or sociopathic criminals is to allow pretense that incarceration is a useful form of social engineering.
While I do believe ostracism (not necessarily the full ten year Athenian variety) can be a useful mode of punishment, I think the old methods of dumping serious criminals on a rock somewhere and letting them make their own society is a lot more effective. Incarceration -- as with anything that requires a group to be consistently together, like working for the same company or serving in the same military unit -- promotes social formations as well, but since the system is so constricted, the society can't evolve beyond the tribal level. The tribe becomes the family and the tribe's ethics imprint on the new member. This makes it extremely unlikely for most people to break criminal associations once formed -- just as an adult is unlikely to fully reject the teachings of his childhood. Hence the idea that probationers must stay away from other criminals: to disrupt the tribal impulse.
Were I redefining the criminal punishment and reform system, I would separate out those who are intentionally destructive (sociopaths), those who are unconsciously destructive (mentally retarded), and determine individually whether there's any point in keeping a given one alive -- or whether the person should be shot like a rabid dog. The remainder I'd offer the option of education (at their expense -- student loans to be paid back when upon release) or training in a trade, at which they would work until released. I would target 90% employment upon release; mandatory for those who have accumulated student loans (unless they are doing a long-term degree and will be finishing it in the actual school).
This is, of course, a perfect world, where relatively frequent use of the death penalty on those too insane or retarded to rehabilitate would not be misused to protect the powerful by misplacing blame on those who can't defend themselves. Or misplacing blame on those who are politically inconvenient and then bribing experts to call them insane.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 02:32 PM
University of Rochester Press Releases
The technology Miller is pursuing may go well beyond the home as well. The food packaging industry has shown interest, since a wrapping, say around a pound of ground beef, may be able to change to a cautioning yellow if the meat is contaminated. Or, in Third World countries where pollution of drinking water is a constant threat, plastic cups or water jugs could be designed to turn a bright red if there are dangerous pollutants present. "We may even see this technology being used as an early warning in the case of biowarfare," he says.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 06:39 AM
If there was a turning point, it was the late-80s introduction of Mr. Butts, the enormous talking cigarette who soon came to embody the entire tobacco industry. ("Hey, teens!...Getting hooked on cigarettes is fun -- and surprisingly easy! For just a few dollars a day, you'll have a glamorous new habit for life!") Similar characters followed, notably Mr. Jay, Mr. Brewski, and Mr. Dum-Dum, representing pot, alcohol, and firearms.
Posted by GeeTee at June 20, 2002 05:04 AM
Directors Guild of Canada | Features
"There's a surprising and ironic difference between what it really takes to direct a good show, who is really doing good work and what the media and public perceive. The best directors in the country have not gotten recognition because they are not making dark, brooding work," says director Michael Kennedy. "From an immediate public kind of view, people generally make the same film over and over and are admired more than people who make a variety of films. I don't understand that."
Posted by GeeTee at June 19, 2002 05:30 PM
I am adamantly opposed to the use of fully electronic or Internet-based systems for use in anonymous balloting and vote tabulation applications. The reasons for my opposition are manyfold, and are expressed in my writings as well as those of other well-respected computer security experts. At the present time, it is my strong recommendation that all election officials REFRAIN from procuring ANY system that does not provide an indisputable paper ballot. A detailed explanation, along with my recommendation for appropriately configured voting equipment, is provided in the full text of this statement, available *here*.
Posted by GeeTee at June 19, 2002 12:40 PM
Mills says he was sacked by CanWest executive David Asper after the paper ran a negative feature on the prime minister [Chretien] and an editorial calling on him to step down.
Posted by GeeTee at June 19, 2002 12:36 PM
Boston Globe Online / Nation | World
Although McDermott claimed that he believed he had traveled through time to kill seven Nazis, prosecutors countered - apparently successfully - that McDermott was faking illness, because computer records showed he had performed a Web search for the phrase ''faking mental illness.''
Posted by GeeTee at June 19, 2002 09:38 AM
Cleese: [...] You know, one of Spike Milligan's great influences was Stephen Leacock. I also think Leacock is absolutely wonderful. There may be a shared sense of the ridiculous. Temperamentally the Canadians I know seem very similar to the British, though more relaxed, and less interested in class distinctions.
Posted by GeeTee at June 18, 2002 12:30 PM
Abstinence programs, which are very popular in the Unites States since the Bush administration has backed them, are the worst, she said. The pregnancy rate of young women in abstinence studies actually went up.
Posted by GeeTee at June 18, 2002 11:52 AM
There were women, several of them uncommonly intelligent, and they all contribute to this book, while wondering why and how they stuck it as long as they did. It is clear that Baker was a very clever, devious man, a natural seducer, and a master of cunnilingus (another part of the legend of young men with a horn).
Posted by GeeTee at June 18, 2002 09:00 AM
kuro5hin.org || technology and culture, from the trenches
We hope that we can establish non-profit media on the net, and continue to serve as an example of how a virtual community can accomplish real things.
Posted by GeeTee at June 18, 2002 04:57 AM
The limestone sarcophagus still had its lid glued to it, which "proves that no one opened it since (about) 4,600 years ago," said Zahi Hawass, who also led the excavation.
Posted by GeeTee at June 18, 2002 04:52 AM
The results are a rebuff for PQ Premier Bernard Landry. Going into the byelections, the PQ was hoping to end a string of setbacks, but that didn't happen. Including Monday's results, it has won only three of twelve contests since Landry became premier in early 2001.
Posted by GeeTee at June 18, 2002 04:42 AM
Hosted by sex expert Sue Johanson, Sunday Night Sex Show is a talk show that offers helpful guidance on the complex topics of love, relationships and sex. Whether it's the latest in pleasure devices from the Sunday Night Sex Show Pleasure Chest or the annual Valentine's Day special, the show offers advice on revitalizing your sex life, pleasing yourself and your partner, and understanding the latest information on STDs and sexual disorders.
So even Americans can get the Sunday Night Sex Show. Good! Can't do you any harm. This program is commonsensical, factual, practical and straightforward. It does get a bit repetitive with Sue continually having to reassure women that it is perfectly normal to not be able to deep throat, and it's not even a good idea to try it. Or the "my boyfriend has a huge penis and I have ten orgasms at a time, is that normal?" callers. Still, usually at least half the calls are peculiar and interesting. She also reviews a sex toy and a sexuality book (not erotic, but theraputic) every episode.
Posted by GeeTee at June 17, 2002 02:42 PM
There are only 12 letters in Hawaiian. They are H, K, L, M, N, P, and W pluse the five english vowels A, E, I, O, and U. Sometimes W is pronounce like V, but only in the middle of words.
Posted by GeeTee at June 17, 2002 11:59 AM
The CIA apparently believe the action would be a preparation for a more conventional military attack but a CIA source is quoted by the paper as saying "hopes are high and we could get lucky".
Posted by GeeTee at June 17, 2002 11:49 AM
Here on the Kenai Peninsula, a forest nearly twice the size of Yellowstone National Park is in the last phases of a graphic death. Century-old spruce trees stand silvered and cinnamon-colored as they bleed sap.
Posted by GeeTee at June 17, 2002 10:11 AM
If the crime of false publication was committed in London, the Zimbabwe court should have no jurisdiction. But if committed on downloading in Zimbabwe, the court would have jurisdiction to punish not only Meldrum but the editor of the Guardian and anyone else responsible for the uploading.
Posted by GeeTee at June 17, 2002 09:27 AM
"The problem with these types of studies is that you never really know if the Heschl's gyrus has become larger and more responsive because of continued practice or whether people become musicians because they have large and responsive Heschl's gyri," he told BBC News Online.
Posted by GeeTee at June 17, 2002 06:53 AM
The theory is simple: in the same way that each person has a unique signature or fingerprint, each person also has a unique walk. The trick is to take this body language and translate it into numbers that a computer can recognize.
Posted by GeeTee at June 17, 2002 06:47 AM
Thirty-one people were arrested Saturday, and four are now facing criminal charges, including unlawful assembly and resisting arrest. Two people are scheduled to appear in court Monday. Two others have hearings set for September.
Why the hell are we hosting these stupid things? I'm not sympathetic to the protesters -- their methods are clearly foolish and wasteful -- but I don't approve of my government having to pay for security and cleanup, nor of my fellow countrymen getting screwed over.
Posted by GeeTee at June 16, 2002 07:18 PM
"What occurred is abhorrent," Johnson told the jury during closing arguments Thursday. "The archdiocese does admit it went on during its watch."
Posted by GeeTee at June 15, 2002 12:30 PM
"(Jobs) nuzzles my neck, bites my earlobe," Slade writes. "I watch him go to his desk and rummage in one of the top drawers. When he comes back, he's holding a bottle of hand lotion.... He hooks his hand on the waistband of my chinos and briefs, sliding them both down at once.... He runs his hand up my back and leans down to whisper, 'Bill, are you a virgin?'"
Posted by GeeTee at June 14, 2002 07:34 PM
CNN.com - 'Killer' bees make killer coffee - June 14, 2002
"When an insect, like the Africanized bee does the pollen transportation, there's a mixing of genes, a widening of the gene pool," said Roubik. "That gives every plant a greater potential to reproduce, and creates beans that are bigger and better tasting."
Not that I can drink coffee. Or soda. Or beer.
Posted by GeeTee at June 14, 2002 02:30 PM
Archbishop Harry Flynn, the head of an ad hoc bishops committee on sexual abuse, told the meeting a pastoral document broached last week, which had leniency provisions for some
sexually abusive clerics, has been changed with a stronger draft that moves toward total zero tolerance for pedophile priests.
Posted by GeeTee at June 14, 2002 10:22 AM
There are about 20 Copy Cat machines installed in convenience stores and photocopying shops around Sydney where burning a CD costs $5, plus $2 for a blank. The machines are ostensibly legitimate because they come with a notice warning users about copyright infringements.
Posted by GeeTee at June 14, 2002 10:16 AM
CLC compares Israel's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid
Israel should withdraw from Palestinian areas; both sides should comply with all United Nations Security Council resolutions, and Canada should support a multinational peacekeeping force and the resumption of peace negotiations, the CLC members stated.
Posted by GeeTee at June 14, 2002 10:11 AM
Lawrie, a South African Internet pioneer who is not paid for administrating the ZA domain, told Reuters he had taken pre-emptive action to stop the government from seizing control.
Posted by GeeTee at June 14, 2002 09:55 AM
The planetary system that superficially looks like ours orbits a star called 55 Cancri in the constellation Cancer.
Posted by GeeTee at June 13, 2002 08:38 PM
STOLEN: The Search for the Lost Vermeer is a documentary film about the largest art heist in American history. The film will explore the fascinating and disparate characters involved in this case: from FBI agents and members of the criminal underworld to the 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer and the influential 19th century American collector, Isabella Gardner. Along the way, the filmmaker and her crew film their own thoughts and emotions about the loss of the masterpieces, the search for their recovery, and the making of art. Part History, part mystery, part behind-the-scenes, part crime-story, STOLEN: The Search for the Lost Vermeer will be a singular investigation into loss, discovery, passion and beauty.
Posted by GeeTee at June 13, 2002 11:28 AM
CBC News: Everyday conversations filled with lies, study finds
University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert Feldman found that 60 per cent of the people he looked at lied at least once during a 10-minute conversation. The average number of lies was three.
Posted by GeeTee at June 13, 2002 11:10 AM
"She's fine? This is your way of recording an oral history? Why don't we put electrodes on her genitals! That should jog her memory.
"My grandmother blinks into the camera, serenely sipping apple juice.
Posted by GeeTee at June 13, 2002 11:07 AM
"The crisis, in truth, is about a profound loss of confidence by the faithful in our leadership as shepherds, because of our failures in addressing the crime of the sexual abuse of children and young people by priests and church personnel," Gregory said.
Posted by GeeTee at June 13, 2002 10:22 AM
Foundation For Endangered Languages. Home
...to raise awareness of endangered languages, both inside and outside the communities where they are spoken, through all channels and media...
Posted by GeeTee at June 13, 2002 09:34 AM
Animated Gifs Page -- Congress
Posted by GeeTee at June 13, 2002 09:21 AM
The American Film Institute (AFI) revealed the 100 greatest love stories of all time last night during AFI's 100 Years--100 Passions, a three-hour special television event. Of all the films, CASABLANCA walked in the joint at number one.
(Although any list which puts Pretty Woman at 21 and The Graduate at 52 must be considered suspiciously dumb.)
Posted by GeeTee at June 12, 2002 02:07 PM
The decision came only hours before the prom was scheduled to begin in Oshawa, Ont., just east of Toronto.
Posted by GeeTee at June 12, 2002 02:01 PM
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"The objective is to be transparent in what we are doing and to eradicate ... complaints that people are placed in holding cells who shouldn't be there and that they are treated poorly or aren't given food," said Antonio Martinez Luna, the state attorney general.
Posted by GeeTee at June 12, 2002 01:31 PM
I'm sure that many of you know that Robert Schumann when he first became acquainted with the music of Brahms wrote in his magazine "Hats off gentlemen. A Genius.". In the next issue before the publication of which the music of PDQ Bach became known to him he wrote "Hats back on again gentlemen. An idiot.".
Posted by GeeTee at June 12, 2002 01:17 PM
Reuters Health Information (2002-06-12)
Yet women own only about 1% of the world's land, delegates told the UN-organized event, and in too many countries land distribution and land rights remain weighted toward men either by law or tradition.
While an interesting piece, it gives very selective statistics. Who owns the other 99%? Government? Anybody? What's the value of the land owned by women? Beachfront property on the Sahara isn't as good as a classic 6 townhouse on the Upper West Side. A piece like that can do more harm than good because people instinctively sense they're being shoved in a certain direction, and push back.
Posted by GeeTee at June 12, 2002 01:12 PM
The maglev floats on a magnetic field, eliminating wheel friction at high speeds. An unmanned maglev has sped to a new world record of more than 550 kph, topping the speed record for conventional trains held by the French TGV, which hit 515 kph in 1990.
Posted by GeeTee at June 12, 2002 11:22 AM
bmj.com Schultz et al. 319 (7225): 1596
The first careful studysince the sketch by Leonardo da Vinciof the interaction of male and female human genitals during coitus was published by Dickinson in 1933 (fig 2).3 A glass test tube as big as a penis in erection inserted into the vagina of female subjects who were sexually aroused by clitoral stimulation (occasionally with a vibrator) guided him in constructing his pictorial supposition.
Posted by GeeTee at June 11, 2002 01:00 PM
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Blessed is the lazy man. For he never bothered to make trouble for anyone. The misery and grief you see in this world can all be traced back to men with grand ambitions.
Posted by GeeTee at June 11, 2002 12:55 PM
We have made clear many times that we are not pirates. We have proposed to major studios in Hollywood to pay 30% of our movie rental price as copyright compensation. This represents a huge percentage from our gross profit but we feel that a balance between innovation and copyright compensation is important. However, Hollywood has reacted negatively.
Posted by GeeTee at June 11, 2002 11:28 AM
Trojan Technologies Inc. in London, Ont., makes equipment that zaps water clean, using the energy from ultraviolet light. Most of Trojan's business is in sewage treatment, but the company is pushing hard to convince municipalities to use UV light to disinfect drinking water.
Posted by GeeTee at June 11, 2002 09:42 AM
Gotti was a classic gangster straight out of central casting, with a larger-than-life appeal that sprouted from a contradictory mix of violent outbursts and an uncanny ability to win the admiration of his Queens neighborhood, where he was known for organizing picnics and giving handouts.
Posted by GeeTee at June 11, 2002 07:58 AM
This was amplified by the fact that early on we decided to make a game out of VS: we were gonna see which one of us could fuck you first.
Posted by GeeTee at June 11, 2002 04:47 AM
"I've gotten three different ages on this piece so far," says Victor Bortolot, director of Day Break Laboratories, from his laboratory in Guilford, Conn. "The dealer is not going to be happy."
Posted by GeeTee at June 10, 2002 08:01 AM
In a new phase of the battle to patent living organisms, the parents of one of the Harvard scientists credited with creating the Harvard Mouse are seeking a patent on their son. Says the mother, "clearly our Harvard Son meets the test of being a composition of matter that is novel, useful and not obvious."
Posted by GeeTee at June 10, 2002 07:18 AM
Lohrey said that Fuschino was charged because the characters in the story could easily be identified as specific students based on physical descriptions, their enrollment in certain classes or participation in school activities.
Posted by GeeTee at June 10, 2002 07:04 AM
"Artists and artistic activities have been given great encouragement since Khatami came to power in 1997. We are being advised to be active in the cultural scene, to end Iran's political isolation. The doors were closed for two decades after the Revolution [1979], but now we are opening up and we are facing a generation that longs to know more about recent art movements."
Posted by GeeTee at June 10, 2002 04:24 AM
Phantom sport show cost Ottawa $333,000
The Salon was organized by the company that is the biggest recipient of federal sponsorship cash. Since the government's sponsorship program was launched in 1997, Expour/Le Groupe Polygone Editeurs has received $39-million -- 17 per cent -- of Ottawa's $232-million in sponsorship funds.
Posted by GeeTee at June 08, 2002 09:43 AM
If that's the issue, Martin's fortunes are rising, while Chrétien's are falling. Martin has "a significant advantage," driven by sympathy for his situation and his popularity, Graves said.
Posted by GeeTee at June 08, 2002 05:59 AM
They found at least 30 stone-built buildings arranged around a central plaza. The explorers say it appears there may have been a road running along the river linking it to another Inca city, Choquequirao.
Posted by GeeTee at June 07, 2002 04:48 PM
Since unlike guns, metal knives and bombs, it was legal for airline passengers on September 11th 2001 to carry aboard box-cutters and plastic knives, the claim that they used such devices to commandeer the planes that destroyed the World Trade Center is a functional fictoid. Not only does it serve to shield the airlines, airports and airport screeners from massive liability from the victims at the World Trade Center, it protects the Bush Administration by diverting attention away from concern that airport security at three Federally-supervised airports was dangerously lax.
Posted by GeeTee at June 07, 2002 05:04 AM
Mercedes-Benz - Services - Mercedes Magazine
NECAR 5's 55 kW/75 bhp motor gives it a top speed of over 90 mph and a range of several hundred miles before it has to take more methanol on board.
Posted by GeeTee at June 06, 2002 01:26 PM
Mr Chretien meanwhile will have other preoccupations, such as chairing the G8 summit this month and running the country. In contrast, Mr Martin, buoyed up by public esteem for his success in his past post, will be free to travel and canvass local associations, advancing policies of his own--a new financial deal for cities will probably be one--calculated to win him the post he hopes for in future.
Posted by GeeTee at June 06, 2002 01:10 PM
Harvey said: "The investigator noted drug paraphernalia, including a single syringe on the kitchen counter, and we are handing it as a possible accidental overdose."
Posted by GeeTee at June 06, 2002 11:58 AM
A spokesman said: "It is helpful if employers word their advert in a practical and factual way."
Posted by GeeTee at June 06, 2002 11:10 AM
"I can't say it was easy thinking old economy and writing stories for non-Web use, but when I saw final copies of the book, I was surprised at how readable it was," said Marlatt. "I just hope people's eyes support all the different fonts we used."
Posted by GeeTee at June 06, 2002 05:55 AM
According to a draft report to be issued Tuesday, the recommendations include defrocking priests who abuse minors in the future as well as those who have molested more than one child previously.
Posted by GeeTee at June 06, 2002 04:15 AM
The Seattle Times: Nation & World
...the reluctance of modest victims to strip naked in front of co-workers or strangers "has been one of the issues that has prevented us from moving forward and developing a scheme to manage mass casualties," he said.
Posted by GeeTee at June 06, 2002 04:13 AM
In the meeting, held in the week before Canadian soldiers were shelled by American bombs in Afghanistan, at least one F-16 pilot complained that requirements for crew rest were not being observed and that many of the pilots were overtired. The pilot was told, however, that further questions about crew rest would not be looked on favourably by the wing command.
Posted by GeeTee at June 05, 2002 12:44 PM
"Forgot condom? Ask the driver!"
Posted by GeeTee at June 05, 2002 11:51 AM
The high court rejected an appeal from the Texas authorities, who argued that the lawyer's inattention did not necessarily equal an unfair trial.
Posted by GeeTee at June 05, 2002 11:49 AM
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For 14 years, the CEO of Ballard Power Systems has led a seemingly quixotic quest to power cars using hydrogen. Now this technology is the best hope for ending our dependence on foreign oil -- and it's not as far off as you might think.
Posted by GeeTee at June 05, 2002 11:15 AM
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"People use vibrators and we thought: how can we bring this to pigs?"
Posted by GeeTee at June 05, 2002 10:49 AM
The families of at least 50 women missing from Vancouver's gritty downtown eastside were in shock Tuesday after news reports that at least one head, along with the feet and hands of two women, were found in a freezer at a pig farm.
Posted by GeeTee at June 05, 2002 03:50 AM
CBC News: Chrétien holds out spectre of Harper as his replacement
"Do they want to have Harper, who says we should go on our knees in front of the Americans and if they kick you in the back you have to turn and say, 'I hope, sir, that you did not hurt your foot'?" Chrétien said.
Posted by GeeTee at June 05, 2002 03:16 AM
Graham stared at her like her mouth was still open, but Claire had finally stopped talking. His thick hands hung over the arms of his wheelchair; his tailored trousers were artfully padded almost natural. He even had custom made shoes -- he even had a shoeshine boy -- though he had no feet.
Posted by GeeTee at June 04, 2002 11:59 AM
Yahoo! News - Sexually Frustrated Dolphin Sparks Alert
"When dolphins get sexually excited, they try to isolate a swimmer, normally female. They do this by circling around the individual and gradually move them away from the beach, boat or crowd of people."
Posted by GeeTee at June 04, 2002 10:39 AM
They tend to feel a failure
If you don't love their genitalia,
Though why you should, Christ only knows.
Posted by GeeTee at June 04, 2002 03:56 AM
The highest religious authority in Sunni Islam, Sheikh Ibrahim Atta Allah, issued a fatwa, or edict, against piracy. "Piracy is the worst type of theft and is prohibited by Islam," Atta Allah declared.
Posted by GeeTee at June 03, 2002 05:06 PM
"It's cheaper to put (electronic junk) on a container ship to China than it is to find a company in the United States that will recycle it responsibly," Wood said.
Posted by GeeTee at June 03, 2002 05:04 PM
While neither the DoD policy nor the Senate bill specifically require it, you can assume that you'll have to meet the same standards if you do business with the federal government, even indirectly. Whatever security requirements ensue will be a part of every federal contract, extending to subcontractors as well.
Posted by GeeTee at June 03, 2002 05:54 AM
Climate Changing, U.S. Says in Report
The report also warns of the substantial disruption of snow-fed water supplies, the loss of coastal and mountain ecosystems and more frequent heat waves. "A few ecosystems, such as alpine meadows in the Rocky Mountains and some barrier islands, are likely to disappear entirely in some areas," it says. "Other ecosystems, such as Southeastern forests, are likely to experience major species shifts or break up into a mosaic of grasslands, woodlands and forests."
Posted by GeeTee at June 03, 2002 05:52 AM
My Toxic Life, Gabrielle Taylor's works, Hypercube Photo Gallery of Canada, Moon Farmer, and Fish Swim in the Lake now support Radio UserLand RSS Auto-Discovery.
Posted by GeeTee at June 03, 2002 04:57 AM
Even evolution theorists aren't immune to the change under way. "It looks like the whole field of evolutionary psychology and biology is kind of doing an about-face," Post says. There's been a surge in interest in altruism and love because it's recognized that they "constitute an unresolved evolutionary quandary," says an institute white paper.
Posted by GeeTee at June 03, 2002 03:42 AM
A paragraph in John Holt's "Learning All the Time" is truncated to eliminate some of the reasons Suzuki violin instruction differs in Japan and the United States, apparently not to offend anyone who might find the particulars somehow insulting. Students are nonetheless then asked to answer questions about those differences.
Posted by GeeTee at June 02, 2002 03:44 PM
The United Nations is offering $350 US for every acre destroyed. But many farmers who showed up to collect this week were told the funds had not come through. They were instead given a piece of paper, promising to pay when the money arrives.
Posted by GeeTee at June 02, 2002 12:32 PM
"A couple are clients here at Vaulthair. They are super nice guys."
Posted by GeeTee at June 02, 2002 12:14 PM
He added the male looks a little confused because when the female fakes orgasm, she doesn't cover the eggs as she would during a normal spawning.
Posted by GeeTee at June 02, 2002 12:08 PM
Together we can achieve results and send a message to the world. Our bold proposal: Let's rebuild the [Banyan Buddhas] in three steps using the most modern high-tech methods.
Posted by GeeTee at June 02, 2002 06:29 AM
The .protozoa.us Internet domain is already open for business. Unlike the .kids.us domain, which is waiting for enabling legislation, .protozoa.us - the home of the protozoa-safe Internet is already in service and ready for business.
Posted by GeeTee at June 02, 2002 06:02 AM
The chefs, musicians, and actors do not actually get to have sex with our dates. They just get paid. We get the sex if the date goes well.
Posted by GeeTee at June 01, 2002 03:23 PM
My short-short Hip to your Tricks won the May 2002 Bystanders Choice Award at Criminals from the Neck Up.
Posted by GeeTee at June 01, 2002 05:25 AM
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