"Washington DC will become the first city in the US to make female condoms available for free, the Washington Post has reported.The contraceptives will be handed out in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in areas with high rates of HIV/Aids infection.Male condoms have long been handed out but infection rates remain high among Washington's black residents.Female condoms have been on sale since 1993 but take-up has been slow."http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8553625.stm
"Washington DC will become the first city in the US to make female condoms available for free, the Washington Post has reported.
The contraceptives will be handed out in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in areas with high rates of HIV/Aids infection.
Male condoms have long been handed out but infection rates remain high among Washington's black residents.
Female condoms have been on sale since 1993 but take-up has been slow."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8553625.stm
"The Mediterranean was heaving as the 68-year-old Italian stood in the cruise ship lounge. A moment later a monstrous wave shattered the windows and sent shards into her head, leaving her bleeding on the floor and calling out for her husband.Torrents of water gushed into the Louis Majesty, pouring through several floors of the ship."I thought I would end up in the sea, drowned," said Anna Lita, who had a black eye and bandages on her head and hand Thursday.The three waves that struck the Cypriot-owned ship Wednesday claimed two lives off the coast of northeast Spain. The vessel was carrying 1,350 passengers and 580 crew members, from a total of 27 countries.Lita's husband Carlo, 69, who had been beside her on a sofa, was thrown in the air and ended up with five stitches in the head and a leg injury.Another Italian, Giovanni Zanoni, said that after the waves blew out the windows of the lounge, the ceiling caved in and pandemonium broke out. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
"The Mediterranean was heaving as the 68-year-old Italian stood in the cruise ship lounge. A moment later a monstrous wave shattered the windows and sent shards into her head, leaving her bleeding on the floor and calling out for her husband.
Torrents of water gushed into the Louis Majesty, pouring through several floors of the ship.
"I thought I would end up in the sea, drowned," said Anna Lita, who had a black eye and bandages on her head and hand Thursday.
The three waves that struck the Cypriot-owned ship Wednesday claimed two lives off the coast of northeast Spain. The vessel was carrying 1,350 passengers and 580 crew members, from a total of 27 countries.
Lita's husband Carlo, 69, who had been beside her on a sofa, was thrown in the air and ended up with five stitches in the head and a leg injury.
Another Italian, Giovanni Zanoni, said that after the waves blew out the windows of the lounge, the ceiling caved in and pandemonium broke out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_waveStill a small wave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave
Still a small wave
"LONDON – It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have been surreptitiously installed in what is seen as a first step toward charging those who toss too much.Proponents say it's a bid to push recycling. Opponents say it stinks."http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_waste_watchers
"LONDON – It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.
A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have been surreptitiously installed in what is seen as a first step toward charging those who toss too much.
Proponents say it's a bid to push recycling. Opponents say it stinks."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_waste_watchers
>>4019 A number of people have removed said chips and posted them back to the council concerned. As long as this is done, it's perfectly legal, and there's nothing the council can do about it, as they still have their property.In the same way as wheel locks placed on cars parked on private property are illegal (the landowner must apply for a court order, and tell the car's owner in advance that he/she's about to do so; it takes at least two weeks for these orders to be approved by the court, and are costly. Meanwhile, the car owner has the legal right to remove the lock by any means necessary - as long as the lock's remains are left on the landowners' property afterwards).
>>4019
A number of people have removed said chips and posted them back to the council concerned. As long as this is done, it's perfectly legal, and there's nothing the council can do about it, as they still have their property.
In the same way as wheel locks placed on cars parked on private property are illegal (the landowner must apply for a court order, and tell the car's owner in advance that he/she's about to do so; it takes at least two weeks for these orders to be approved by the court, and are costly. Meanwhile, the car owner has the legal right to remove the lock by any means necessary - as long as the lock's remains are left on the landowners' property afterwards).
In our place we have barcodes so that a weighting can be followed by an appropriate bill. Not really "nanny state".
>britainThis isn't news.
>britain
This isn't news.
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/05/obama-vows-to-stop-armenian-genocide-measure/With US-Turkish relations worsening, the Obama Administration declared “strong opposition” to the House panel’s vote on the Armenian genocide, and vowed to do everything in its power to p r e v e n t it going any further in Congress.The 23-22 vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee supported a non-binding resolution expressing Congressional sentiments on World War One era deaths in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. The Turkish government reacted with fury to the vote, withdrawing their ambassador and vowing other unspecified actions.The votes have become a near annual referendum on Turkey’s ability to influence American policy, with the Turkish government pulling out all the stops to kill a measure which has seemingly no real consequence on the historical reality nearly a century ago and only peripheral relation to a government far removed from the tottering empire of the early 20th century. President Obama vowed to support the measure during the campaign, netting considerable support from Armenian-Americans as a result. Since his election he has reversed his stance on the issue, and now vigorously opposes it. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/05/obama-vows-to-stop-armenian-genocide-measure/
With US-Turkish relations worsening, the Obama Administration declared “strong opposition” to the House panel’s vote on the Armenian genocide, and vowed to do everything in its power to p r e v e n t it going any further in Congress.
The 23-22 vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee supported a non-binding resolution expressing Congressional sentiments on World War One era deaths in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. The Turkish government reacted with fury to the vote, withdrawing their ambassador and vowing other unspecified actions.
The votes have become a near annual referendum on Turkey’s ability to influence American policy, with the Turkish government pulling out all the stops to kill a measure which has seemingly no real consequence on the historical reality nearly a century ago and only peripheral relation to a government far removed from the tottering empire of the early 20th century. President Obama vowed to support the measure during the campaign, netting considerable support from Armenian-Americans as a result. Since his election he has reversed his stance on the issue, and now vigorously opposes it.
"U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel has issued a permanent injunction that bars RealNetworks from selling RealDVD, the DVD-copying software that Hollywood claimed in a lawsuit violated copyright law.Real and the Motion Picture Association of America reached a settlement, according to statements issued by both companies, that called for Real to stop selling RealDVD or any similar products and to pay $4.5 million to reimburse the studios for legal fees."http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10463425-261.html
"U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel has issued a permanent injunction that bars RealNetworks from selling RealDVD, the DVD-copying software that Hollywood claimed in a lawsuit violated copyright law.
Real and the Motion Picture Association of America reached a settlement, according to statements issued by both companies, that called for Real to stop selling RealDVD or any similar products and to pay $4.5 million to reimburse the studios for legal fees."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10463425-261.html
What's that?? I can't hear over the sound of my DVD ripping.
"The number of people suffering from gluten intolerance in Finland has doubled in the past 20 years, according to a Finnish scientist. In the early 1980s, about 1 percent of Finnish adults had gluten intolerance, but the figure has since gone up to 2 percent."We've already seen a similar trend emerge earlier on where allergies and certain autoimmune disorders are concerned. Screening has shown that gluten intolerance occurs in 1.5 per cent of Finnish children and 2.7 per cent of the elderly. The higher figure for older people is explained by the fact that the condition becomes more frequent with age," said Professor Markku Mäki."http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018011952?Gluten%20Intolerance%20In%20Finland%20Doubles
"The number of people suffering from gluten intolerance in Finland has doubled in the past 20 years, according to a Finnish scientist. In the early 1980s, about 1 percent of Finnish adults had gluten intolerance, but the figure has since gone up to 2 percent.
"We've already seen a similar trend emerge earlier on where allergies and certain autoimmune disorders are concerned. Screening has shown that gluten intolerance occurs in 1.5 per cent of Finnish children and 2.7 per cent of the elderly. The higher figure for older people is explained by the fact that the condition becomes more frequent with age," said Professor Markku Mäki."
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018011952?Gluten%20Intolerance%20In%20Finland%20Doubles
"Police in the US state of New Jersey have ordered a family to cover up their snow sculpture of the famous nude Venus de Milo after a neighbour complained.Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow-woman with her son and daughter on her front lawn in Rahway following a snowstorm.Many people praised their creation, but a police officer told them a neighbour had found it too risque, she said.When given the option of covering the sculpture up or knocking it down, she dressed it in a bikini top and sarong."http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8551528.stm
"Police in the US state of New Jersey have ordered a family to cover up their snow sculpture of the famous nude Venus de Milo after a neighbour complained.
Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow-woman with her son and daughter on her front lawn in Rahway following a snowstorm.
Many people praised their creation, but a police officer told them a neighbour had found it too risque, she said.
When given the option of covering the sculpture up or knocking it down, she dressed it in a bikini top and sarong."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8551528.stm
"Police in India have lodged a case of criminal negligence against the managers of a Hindu temple where at least 63 people died in a stampede.Dozens more were injured when the gate of the temple in northern Uttar Pradesh collapsed leading to a stampede.All of the dead identified so far are women and children, police say. The temple gate was still being built." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8550938.stm
"Police in India have lodged a case of criminal negligence against the managers of a Hindu temple where at least 63 people died in a stampede.
Dozens more were injured when the gate of the temple in northern Uttar Pradesh collapsed leading to a stampede.
All of the dead identified so far are women and children, police say. The temple gate was still being built."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8550938.stm
"Gunman killed after shooting 2 Pentagon policeA California man killed in a shootout with Pentagon police drove cross-country and arrived at the military headquarters' subway entrance armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday. The shooter apparently left behind Internet postings resentful of the government and airing suspicions about the 9/11 attacks.John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, Calif., was named as the gunman in the Thursday evening attack. Authorities said he'd had pre-vious run-ins with the law.Investigators have found no immediate connection to terrorism, and the attack that superficially wounded two police officers at the massive Defense Department headquarters appears to be a case of "a single individual who had issues," Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police, said in an early morning press conference Friday."http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pentagon_metro_shooting
"Gunman killed after shooting 2 Pentagon police
A California man killed in a shootout with Pentagon police drove cross-country and arrived at the military headquarters' subway entrance armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday. The shooter apparently left behind Internet postings resentful of the government and airing suspicions about the 9/11 attacks.
John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, Calif., was named as the gunman in the Thursday evening attack. Authorities said he'd had pre-vious run-ins with the law.
Investigators have found no immediate connection to terrorism, and the attack that superficially wounded two police officers at the massive Defense Department headquarters appears to be a case of "a single individual who had issues," Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police, said in an early morning press conference Friday."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pentagon_metro_shooting
"David Parent, a professor at SJSU, said he had a John Bedell in his classroom one semester a few years ago."I couldn't imagine a more gentle person," said Parent, who had not heard of the shooting. "Nothing I ever saw triggered a hint of anything like this. I can't believe it.""http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14517426
"David Parent, a professor at SJSU, said he had a John Bedell in his classroom one semester a few years ago.
"I couldn't imagine a more gentle person," said Parent, who had not heard of the shooting. "Nothing I ever saw triggered a hint of anything like this. I can't believe it.""
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14517426
"The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif."Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth's axis," NASA officials said in a Monday update.The computer model used by Gross and his colleagues to determine the effects of the Chile earthquake effect also found that it should have moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches (8 cm or 27 milliarcseconds)."http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100302/sc_space/chileearthquakemayhaveshorteneddaysonearth
"The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.
The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
"Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth's axis," NASA officials said in a Monday update.
The computer model used by Gross and his colleagues to determine the effects of the Chile earthquake effect also found that it should have moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches (8 cm or 27 milliarcseconds)."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100302/sc_space/chileearthquakemayhaveshorteneddaysonearth
My favorite part of this is: "Gross said his findings are based on early data available on the Chile earthquake. As more information about its characteristics are revealed, his prediction of its effects will likely change."Gotta love the way the media pounces on these things before they're even final. Scientists I've met say they dread press interviews because they take what you say and twist it into an angle without the normal scientific regard for truth.
My favorite part of this is: "Gross said his findings are based on early data available on the Chile earthquake. As more information about its characteristics are revealed, his prediction of its effects will likely change."
Gotta love the way the media pounces on these things before they're even final. Scientists I've met say they dread press interviews because they take what you say and twist it into an angle without the normal scientific regard for truth.
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