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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Archaeologist's chance discovery may be Britain's earliest example of rock art

(University of Bristol)
Rock Art 2
Photo: s_d_anthony

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Archaeologist's chance discovery may be Britain's earliest example of rock art = Oh! Maybe by a prior, short, extra-skilled, classic Ice Age cave-art ancestor of mine?
(by Maurice Goddard)

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Phone hacking: PM says James Murdoch has 'questions to answer'

(BBC)
James Murdoch
Photo: Ben Terrett

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Phone hacking: PM says James Murdoch has 'questions to answer' = As con man pa's pet son jerk, a shady high-tech mouse, squirms now.
(by Maurice Goddard)

Queen brands Kate Middleton's wedding dress mannequin 'creepy'

(Metro)
Royal Wedding of William & Kate 280
Photo: it's a foot!

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Queen brands Kate Middleton's wedding dress mannequin 'creepy' = "Brand new, segmented, slinky specimen's quite odd, and darn queer!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Norway's Black Friday: A Chronology of the Twin Attacks

(Der Spiegel)
Flowers in Oslo
Photo: Kj

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Oslo, Norway and the Island of Utoya, Buskerud = Bloody sad! Lousy week for us and a hurt nation.
(by Adie Pena)

Monday, July 25, 2011

Survivor Describes Moments of Terror in Attack in Norway

(The New York Times)
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Photo: OhaIt

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The Norwegian island, Utoya = Ruing a nation's deathly woe
(by Tony Crafter)

David Cameron: I grew up in my brother's shadow

(BBC)
David Cameron at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Photo: University Hospitals Birmingham

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David Cameron: I grew up in my brother's shadow = "Very hard! As PM now, I'm big! I crow, and he's routed!"
(by Maurice Goddard)

Norway attacks: profile of suspect Anders Behring Breivik

(The Daily Telegraph)
Anders Behring Breivik
Photo: ghostofgoldwater

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Norwegian, Anders Behring Breivik = God in Heaven! Berserk brain-wiring?
(by Tony Crafter)

Amy Winehouse Dead

(MTV)
Amy Winehouse
Photo: NRK P3

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The singer Amy Winehouse is dead = Oh, my. Herein dies a wasted genius
(by Tony Crafter)

Happiness is based on wife being slimmer than husband, according to study

(The Irish Independent)
Lose weight now
Photo: alancleaver_2000

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Happiness is based on wife being slimmer than husband, according to study = In British pubs old men do end, sigh, or yawn, and can escape the big fat missus!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Monday, July 18, 2011

Binge Drinking Damages Teenage Girls' Brains More Than Boys'

(Medical News Today)
Girl
Photo: digitalMindy

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Binge Drinking Damages Teenage Girls' Brains More Than Boys' = Blind smoking as gin, harms any teen's brain to a bigger degree!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Nelson Mandela Turns 93 Years Young

(ABC News)
Nelson Mandela
Photo: Festival Karsh Ottawa

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Nelson Mandela Turns Ninety-three Years Young = Utterly serene, sunny old gent's an iron man! Yeah!!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Saturday, July 16, 2011

How Happy Is Your City?

(MSN)
On Top of the World (1978)
Photo: Collin Key

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How Happy Is Your City? = Why, hypocrisy utopia!
(by Heather Anne Downs)

Los Angeles braces for 'Carmageddon'

(The Herald Sun)
Never seen the 405 so green!! Drive home is cake!
Photo: i be GINZ

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The Carmageddon in Los Angeles = Ah, gentlemen, a "Road Closed" sign!
(by Adie Pena)

Volcano Erupts in the Central Indonesia

(Time)
Krakatau Volcano Trip
Photo: LipglossJunkie

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Volcano Erupts in the Central Indonesia = i.e. Cone-center spits hot lava on land. I run
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Give Me an A! Grade Inflation at U.S. Colleges

(mental_floss)
Class of 2011 graduates from US Naval Academy [Image 8 of 8]
Photo: DVIDSHUB

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Higher education grades = Grad notice: I has duhgree
(by Brad Blue)

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Mourners gather in Michigan for first lady Betty Ford

(Reuters)

Photo: National Archives and Records Administration

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Mourners gather in Michigan for first lady Betty Ford = Coffin tributes rang, for this mighty rare, modern lady.
(by Maurice Goddard)

Animal experiments increase again

(BBC)
IMG_0752
Photo: Mal Cubed

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Animal experiments increase again = Mice are in a meaningless extra pain?
(by Maurice Goddard)

Netanyahu offers help to South Sudan

(AP)
South Sudan: welcome to 193rd country of the world
Photo: fieldreports

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers help to South Sudan = Tiny Jerusalem remains behind the fresh poor painful state, aims union
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Space shuttle Atlantis launch was 'astonishing'

(BBC)
Go, Atlantis! [#1 in Explore on july, 8, 2011]
Photo: wicho

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Space shuttle Atlantis launch was 'astonishing' = Watching it enchants as it's lush. Last one up, alas.
(by Maurice Goddard)

Space-Time Cloak Possible, Could Make Events Disappear?

(National Geographic)
Space-Time
Photo: aha42

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Space-Time Cloak Possible, Could Make Events Disappear? = A pickpocket and missed valuable loot escape premises.
(by Dharam Khalsa)