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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 1 2007, 10:16 PM (3,395 Views) | |
| Julesy | Oct 4 2007, 02:34 PM Post #21 |
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ive never eaten thai food. just from the freezer section. am I missing out on life? |
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| Julesy | Oct 4 2007, 02:41 PM Post #22 |
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this grossed me the feck out! Biologists aim to wipe out "Rat Island" By Yereth Rosen Tue Oct 2, 1:37 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two centuries after rats first landed on a remote Aleutian island from a shipwreck, wildlife managers in Alaska are plotting how to evict the non-native rodent from the island that bears their name. ADVERTISEMENT Rat Island, like many other treeless, volcanic islands in the 1,000-mile (1,609-km) long Aleutian chain, is infested with rats that have proved devastating to wild birds that build nests in the earth or in rocky cliffs. "They pretty much made the island worthless for a lot of wildlife," said Art Sowls, a biologist with the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, which sprawls across the Aleutians and other Alaska islands. Rodents have reigned at Rat Island at the western end of the Aleutians since the 1780 shipwreck of a Japanese sailing ship, wreaking havoc on millions of seabirds with no natural defenses against land predators. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the Maritime refuge, is drawing up plans to wipe out Rat Island's rats. A formal proposal is expected in about a month, according to Sowls. The agency is trying to find an effective way to wipe out rat populations without harming other wildlife. Rat Island is a good starting point, according to biologists, for a removal program because it is small without much other wildlife. Rats are a problem shared by remote islands all around the world. Biologists said successful rat removal programs have taken place in more than 250 islands including Campbell Island south of New Zealand and Langara Island in British Columbia. "A lot of people go, 'Oh they're just rats, what's the big deal?'," said Ron Clarke, assistant wildlife conservation director at the Department of Fish and Game. Once informed about the environmental destruction wrought by rats, citizens are generally determined to avoid them. Rats are blamed for causing about half the extinctions of various species worldwide since the 1600s and are persistent nuisances once established, said Clarke. "They're very good swimmers. They'll eat anything. They're just very good at surviving," Clarke said. SWEEPING RAT MANDATES Alaska state officials have issued sweeping new regulations that slap rat-prevention mandates on Alaska ports and harbors that have served as entry points for invading rodents. The removal plan and new state regulations are extensions of previous anti-rat policies in Alaska. Since the early 1990s, wildlife refuge managers have maintained a "rat-spill" program -- in which emergency responders prevent the spread of rats from shipwrecks -- similar to oil-spill contingency plans maintained by state and federal agencies. "It's entirely possible that in a shipwreck situation, the environmental damage created by the introduction of rats into the environment would be even worse than that of a major oil spill," Sowls said. He cited the situation on the Aleutian island of Kiska, which still holds a colony of millions of auklets, a small seabird, but where introduced rats are decimating that natural population. Researchers commonly find vast stretches on Kiska with no live birds, only rotting bodies stuffed into burrows. "A lot of the birds you find, the only parts the rats eat are the eyeballs and the brains," Sowls said. "It looks like, unless something is done in the next 20 to 40 years, that the rats will probably eliminate that colony." |
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| Denovissimus | Oct 4 2007, 02:59 PM Post #23 |
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Kill those rats! Thai food is great Jules, I like it better than chinese food. Give it a try. |
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| Julesy | Oct 4 2007, 03:00 PM Post #24 |
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will do. heres more rat shit.some lady found a rat head in her can of green beans! so gross! http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/pop...=61492&src=news |
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| Denovissimus | Oct 4 2007, 03:04 PM Post #25 |
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| Denovissimus | Oct 5 2007, 02:21 PM Post #26 |
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This is just really really stupid: Woman told to ditch bra to enter court Underwire supports of garment had set off alarm at federal facility Updated: 2:41 a.m. CT Oct 5, 2007 COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Security guards refused to allow a woman into a federal courthouse until she removed a bra that triggered a metal detector. Lori Plato said she and her husband, Owen Plato, were stunned when U.S. Marshals Service employees asked her to remove her bra after the underwire supports set off the alarm. "I asked if I could go into the bathroom because they didn't have a privacy screen and no women security officers were available," Plato said Wednesday. "They said, 'No.' "I wasn't carrying a shank in my bra. If it's so dangerous, why did they give it back and let me put it on?" Patrick McDonald, the U.S. Marshal in Boise, said appropriate security protocols were followed in the Sept. 20 matter, and guards suggested she simply remove the bra in her car outside, or find a restaurant bathroom. "She's inflating it," McDonald said. "All of a sudden she just took it off. It wasn't anything we wanted to happen and it wasn't anything we asked for her to do. She did it so fast." Plato, of Bonners Ferry, said she was parked on a busy street and wasn't familiar with downtown Coeur d'Alene businesses. So her husband held up his coat to shield her from the rest of the people in the courthouse lobby while she removed her bra underneath her shirt. Not generally a security threat Generally, McDonald said, undergarments aren't considered a danger to security. "I don't think they're considered a weapon, really, the last time I looked," he said. He declined to discuss other ways the federal courthouse guards could have screened Plato for weapons. Plato wants the Marshals Service to apologize and stop forcing women to disrobe. "It was very humiliating," her husband, Owen Plato, said. "They could have handled it with a much more professional attitude." |
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Oct 5 2007, 02:35 PM Post #27 |
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but most women where underwire bras! All my bras have wire in it and it has never set off a metal detector! Those guys were assholes! If they knew that it had to be her bra and they checked to make sure it wasnt coming from anything else then they shouldnt have asked her to take it off. |
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| Julesy | Oct 5 2007, 06:12 PM Post #28 |
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[size=14]FUCK YOU SONY[/size] Earlier this week we told you about the lawsuit in Duluth, where a single mother is fighting the illegal file sharing charges leveled at her by the RIAA. So how serious is the record industry about this whole “if you share files, you are stealing music” stance? This serious: Yesterday Sony BMG's head of litigation testified before the jury that making copies of purchased music is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy.'" That’s right, according to Sony, even if you legally purchase the music, you are not allowed to makes copies under any circumstance. That means, Sony considers transferring songs to iPods and Zunes “stealing.” They would prefer you re-buy the music for every format you want it in. So you buy it on CD, then re-buy it as an mp3 for your iPod, then re-buy it for your Zune, then re-buy it if you want to copy it for a friend, re-buy it to stick on a personal mixtape CD, and so on. Does that makes sense…or make Sony a bunch of greedy bastards? Well, let’s say I buy a bag of Sony carrots. My original intention is to eat those carrots, but then I decide I’d rather use them in a salad. Sony would prefer that I go buy more carrots because I didn’t originally intend for the carrots to go into a salad. Then I decide to make soup. I can use any one of the many Sony carrots I’ve already purchased that are sitting in my fridge, right? Nope. Gotta buy new Sony carrots for that too. Now, let’s say you come to my house and ask me for a carrot to snack on. I should be able to just give you one of the many carrots I have already purchased, right? Nope, Sony wants me to buy more carrots for that too. Read: I did not write that previous article--it is from G4. Source. im not paying for 2 of the same cd to listen to and put on my ipod! |
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| Denovissimus | Oct 5 2007, 06:18 PM Post #29 |
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They are really fucked if they think people are going to abide by that and if any court backs them up they are fucked too! |
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| Julesy | Oct 5 2007, 06:21 PM Post #30 |
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how the fuck is that stealing? you bought it! are you stealing from yourself? Fuck them greedy bastards. they need to stop making shitty cds with only one or two good songs on them. *flips off sony* |
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| Denovissimus | Oct 5 2007, 06:40 PM Post #31 |
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Are they going to sue everyone who owns a fucking Ipod then? Stupid fucks. Throw this shit out of court! |
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| Taman | Oct 5 2007, 06:53 PM Post #32 |
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Well of course. That is business and they are greedy fucks.
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| Auntie Maine | Oct 7 2007, 02:39 PM Post #33 |
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Naked Lunch' may be banned in Maine Sun Oct 7, 7:14 AM ET GREENVILLE, Maine - "Naked Lunch" just doesn't sound appetizing to some people. A sandwich called the Skinny Dip, featuring sliced prime rib in a baguette roll, has been offered free of charge anyone willing to plunge naked from The Black Frog Restaurant's dock into a lake. Since the free sandwich offer was introduced three years ago, owner Leigh Turner has found plenty of takers. "We've had two or three a week," he said. But now the promotion is running into trouble: A patron apparently suggested to selectmen that the activity be banned. The naked lunch issue surfaced this week when Town Manager John Simko presented the Black Frog's application to renew its liquor license. Simko said he had been approached about the nudity and suggested that Police Chief Scott MacMaster speak to the owner. Turner did not attend the selectmen's meeting, but said he would remove the free lunch offer if asked to do so. The skinny dip was typically done at night, no frontal nudity was exposed to customers and a towel was readily available, Turner said. "Most everybody applauded" after the plunge, Turner said. |
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| Jane | Oct 7 2007, 04:50 PM Post #34 |
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I bet they don't get many hot people jumping naked!
What kind of person does that to themself??? |
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| Rodney | Oct 9 2007, 01:30 AM Post #35 |
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a knob-head |
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| Julesy | Oct 10 2007, 10:36 PM Post #36 |
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I guess this came on BBC. Its about people who actually live with "REAL DOLLS" ya know, them blow up like dolls that look real? *cues twilight zone music* http://bunchofnerds.com/2007/07/video/ahhh...-creeps-us-out/ |
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| Denovissimus | Oct 11 2007, 12:07 AM Post #37 |
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Just like that movie you want to see with Ryan Gosling! |
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| Julesy | Oct 11 2007, 12:15 AM Post #38 |
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yeah! are men really that lonely? |
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| Julesy | Oct 11 2007, 01:46 AM Post #39 |
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Aww man! are men really that freaking horny they will feck a doll??!!!! like ..on a daily basis? Thats just sad. Id just diddle myself or get a vibrator. These men are pathetic and remind me of Norman Bates or a potential serial killer! Some of these guys have up to 8! 8 FECKING DOLLS! and they dress them up and put makeup on them, then feck them! ![]() *edit* how do they clean them after fecking them?* |
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| Julesy | Oct 15 2007, 09:58 PM Post #40 |
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not necessarily weird news but it doesnt fit in the Celebrity Catagory. Study seeks DNA clues on homosexuality By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer 29 minutes ago CHICAGO - Julio and Mauricio Cabrera are gay brothers who are convinced their sexual orientation is as deeply rooted as their Mexican ancestry. They are among 1,000 pairs of gay brothers taking part in the largest study to date seeking genes that may influence whether people are gay. ADVERTISEMENT The Cabreras hope the findings will help silence critics who say homosexuality is an immoral choice. If fresh evidence is found suggesting genes are involved, perhaps homosexuality will be viewed as no different than other genetic traits like height and hair color, said Julio, a student at DePaul University in Chicago. Adds his brother, "I think it would help a lot of folks understand us better." The federally funded study, led by Chicago-area researchers, will rely on blood or saliva samples to help scientists search for genetic clues to the origins of homosexuality. Parents and straight brothers also are being recruited. While initial results aren't expected until next year — and won't provide a final answer — skeptics are already attacking the methods and disputing the presumed results. Previous studies have shown that sexual orientation tends to cluster in families, though that doesn't prove genetics is involved. Extended families may share similar child-rearing practices, religion and other beliefs that could also influence sexual orientation. Research involving identical twins, often used to study genetics since they share the same DNA, has had mixed results. One widely cited study in the 1990s found that if one member of a pair of identical twins was gay, the other had a 52 percent chance of being gay. In contrast, the result for pairs of non-twin brothers, was 9 percent. A 2000 study of Australian identical twins found a much lower chance. Dr. Alan Sanders of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, the lead researcher of the new study, said he suspects there isn't one so-called "gay gene." It is more likely there are several genes that interact with nongenetic factors, including psychological and social influences, to determine sexual orientation, said Sanders, a psychiatrist. Still, he said, "If there's one gene that makes a sizable contribution, we have a pretty good chance" of finding it. Many gays fear that if gay genes are identified, it could result in discrimination, prenatal testing and even abortions to eliminate homosexuals, said Joel Ginsberg of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. However, he added, "If we confirm that sexual orientation is an immutable characteristic, we are much more likely to get the courts to rule against discrimination." There is less research on lesbians, Sanders said, although some studies suggest that male and female sexual orientation may have different genetic influences. His new research is an attempt to duplicate and expand on a study published in 1993 involving 40 pairs of gay brothers. That hotly debated study, wrongly touted as locating "the gay gene," found that gay brothers shared genetic markers in a region on the X chromosome, which men inherit from their mothers. That implies that any genes influencing sexual orientation lie somewhere in that region. Previous attempts to duplicate those results failed. But Sanders said that with so many participants, his study has a better chance of finding the same markers and perhaps others on different chromosomes. If these markers appear in gay brothers but not their straight brothers or parents, that would suggest a link to sexual orientation. The study is designed to find genetic markers, not to explain any genetic role in behavior. And Sanders said even if he finds no evidence, that won't mean genetics play no role; it may simply mean that individual genes have a smaller effect. Skeptics include Stanton Jones, a psychology professor and provost at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. An evangelical Christian, Jones last month announced results of a study he co-authored that says it's possible for gays to "convert" — changing their sexual orientation without harm. Jones said his results suggest biology plays only a minor role in sexual orientation, and that researchers seeking genetic clues generally have a pro-gay agenda that will produce biased results. Sanders disputed that criticism. "We do not have a predetermined point we are trying to prove," he said. "We are trying to pry some of nature's secrets loose with respect to a fundamental human trait." Jones acknowledged that he's not a neutral observer. His study involved 98 gays "seeking help" from Exodus International, a Christian group that believes homosexuals can become straight through prayer and counseling. Exodus International funded Jones' study. The group's president, Alan Chambers, said he is a former homosexual who went straight and believes homosexuality is morally wrong. Even if research ultimately shows that genetics play a bigger role, it "will never be something that forces people to behave in a certain way," Chambers said. "We all have the freedom to choose." The Cabrera brothers grew up in Mexico in a culture where "being gay was an embarrassment," especially for their father, said Mauricio, 41, a car dealership employee from Olathe, Kan. They had cousins who were gay, but Mauricio said he still felt he had to hide his sexual orientation and he struggled with his "double life." Julio said having an older brother who was gay made it easier for him to accept his sexuality. Jim Larkin, 54, a gay journalist in Flint, Mich., said the genetics study is a move in the right direction. Given the difficulties of being gay in a predominantly straight society, homosexuality "is not a choice someone would make in life," said Larkin, who is not a study participant. He had two brothers who were gay. One died from AIDS; the other committed suicide. Larkin said he didn't come out until he was 26. "I fought and I prayed and I went to Mass and I said the rosary," Larkin said. "I moved away from everybody I knew ... thinking maybe this will cause the feelings to subside. It doesn't." THat study is in Chicago Jesse. |
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