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Jessica Simpson Is Ordered on Vocal Rest
“It is true that she has indeed lost her voice,” Simpson’s publicist, Rob Shuter, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “She’s been ordered to rest. … She can talk, she can croak out a few sentences. She sounds a little off, but, you know, she can’t sing.”
…she can’t sing. Tell us something we don’t know.
…she has indeed lost her voice — Now, if her condition would become permanent, that would be great news… 
(via Pharyngula)
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Forbes Lists America’s Drunkest Cities
Forbes.com’s Top Drinking Cities
1. Milwaukee
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul
3. Columbus, Ohio
4. Boston
5. Austin, Texas
6. Chicago
7. Cleveland
8. Pittsburgh
9. Philadelphia
9. Providence, R.I. (tied)
11. St. Louis
12. San Antonio
13. Seattle
14. Las Vegas
15. Denver/Boulder
16. Cincinnati
16. Kansas City (tied)
18. Houston
19. Portland, Ore.
20. San Francisco-Oakland
20. Washington-Baltimore (tied)
22. Phoenix
23. Los Angeles
24. New Orleans
24. Tampa (tied)
26. Norfolk
27. Dallas-Fort Worth
28. Atlanta
28. Detroit (tied)
30. Indianapolis
31. Orlando
32. New York
33. Miami
34. Charlotte, N.C.
35. Nashville
You’d think the city that leads the nation in rates of gonorrhea, is ranked second in chlamydia and fifth in rates of syphilis nationwide would place higher than 11th on this list.
(via What’s new by Bob Park - Friday, August 25, 2006)
2. EVOLUTION: GUESS WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THE SMART-GRANT LIST?
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Tuesday that the
list of majors that qualify for Smart grants, prepared by the
Department of Education, had a blank line. It turned out to be
the line where Evolutionary Biology should have appeared. The
Department says the exclusion was inadvertent. That’s possible,
but it reminds us that evolution denial in America is not only
widespread, it’s growing. According to a study by Jon Miller of
Michigan State University in Lansing, acceptance of evolution by
Americans declined from 45% in 1985 to 40% in 2005. Only Turkey
and the Vatican trail the US. For example, intelligent design
critic Rev. George Coyne was replaced as director of the Vatican
Observatory (WN 18 Nov 05).
(more…)
(via Blah3.com)
Rep. Harris Condemns Separation of Church, State
Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a “nation of secular laws” and that the separation of church and state is a “lie we have been told” to keep religious people out of politics.
The “lie” must not be working very well since it’s almost impossible for a non-religious person to get elected these days…
“If you’re not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin,” Harris told interviewers from the Florida Baptist Witness, the weekly journal of the Florida Baptist State Convention. She cited abortion and same-sex marriage as examples of that sin.
Nevermind that many Christians are pro-choice and don’t have a problem with same-sex marriage.
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Harris told the journalists “we have to have the faithful in government” because that is God’s will. Separating religion and politics is “so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers,” she said.
… wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers — Well, that explains the contempt for democracy she demonstrated during the 2000 election…
I’m sure many of you are wondering how I spent the summer of 2002. Well, wonder no more and check out these pictures. I recently “discovered” these pictures on an old hard drive I was preparing for use in a file server.
2002 Repertoire
- Chicago Fanfare
- BallyHoo March
- Watermelon Man
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band
- John Brown’s Body / Battle Hymn of the Republic
- It Was a Very Good Year
Additional Songs
- Richie’s Blues - On-field tribute to Rich Tarsitano (Royal Airs’ first brass instructor)
- Abide With Me
Read more about the 2002 Chicago Royal Airs here.
Ever since college, I’ve wanted a boat. Not the kind of boat most people around here think about — some dinky little thing on a trailer to take to places like Lake of the Ozarks. I want something that one can live on. In the beginning I was a purest, only wanting a large sailboat. A part of me is still a bit of a sailing snob, but I’ve had a change of heart over the years.
Having spent almost five years in the maritime simulation field, I’ve learned to appreciate motor vessels. Among the many advantages of a luxury motor yacht is that many of them look like something a James Bond villian would be proud of.
Recently, I’ve been reading about trawler style boats. These boats are bit more financially attainable and look like they may be able to navigate the canals and rivers which connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River.
What would you like to see most in minix?
From: Linus Benedict Torvalds
Date: Sun, Aug 25 1991 3:57 pm
Groups: comp.os.minix
Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on
things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
among other things).
I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them
Linus (torva...@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.
And the rest, as they say, is history…
And then there were 8:
It was unclear how Pluto’s demotion might affect the mission of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which earlier this year began a nine-year journey to the oddball object to unearth more of its secrets.
Why would anyone think Pluto’s “demotion” would have any affect on the New Horizons spacecraft? It’s not like NASA is going to send self destruct instructions to the spacecraft now that Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
Hello, GORRY-O!! I'm a GENIUS from HARVARD!!
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