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CYBER NOTES
DC EXAMINER - Washington wins the award for "most e-mail addicted" city
in the country, according to a new study by Dulles-based AOL. Atlanta,
New York, San Francisco and Houston rounded out the top five. Of
Washingtonians who have a portable e-mail device, 29 percent say they
can't live without it. . . The study showed that 58 percent of
Washingtonians check mobile e-mail in bed in their pajamas and 58
percent check it in the bathroom. Other locations include church (18
percent), in the car while driving (45 percent)and at the dinner table
(47 percent).
http://www.examiner.com/a-849564~Washingtonians_top_list_of
_most_e_mail_addicted_in_country.html
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ECOLOGY
WORLD WATCH - The 15,200 megawatts of new wind turbines installed
worldwide last year will generate enough clean electricity annually to
offset the carbon dioxide emissions of 23 average-sized U.S. coal-fired
power plants, according to a new Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch
Institute. The 43 million tons of carbon dioxide displaced in 2006 is
equivalent to the emissions of 7,200 megawatts of coal-fired power
plants, or nearly 8 million passenger cars. Global wind power capacity
increased almost 26 percent in 2006, exceeding 74,200 megawatts by
year's end. Global investment in wind power was roughly $22 billion in
2006, and in Europe and North America, the power industry added more
capacity in wind than it did in coal and nuclear combined. The global
market for wind equipment has risen 74 percent in the past two years,
leading to long backorders for wind turbine equipment in much of the
world.
DAILY GREEN - In a victory for advocates, PepiCo Inc. will begin
labeling its Aquafina water with the words "Public Water Source" to note
that the water comes from the same source as the water flowing out of
taps in millions of homes across America.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/07/27/pepsi-come-clean-
bottled-water-is-from-the-tap/4427/
CORPORADOS TAKE OVER ORGANIC FOOD INDUSTRY
http://www.organicconsumers.org
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OUTLYING PRECINCTS
JOHN EDWARDS - You know, I'm out there speaking up for universal
healthcare, ending this war in Iraq, speaking up for the poor. They want
to shut me up. That's what this is about. "Let's distract from people
who don't have health care coverage. Let's distract from people who
can't feed their children.... Let's talk about this silly frivolous
nothing stuff so that America won't pay attention.". . . They will never
silence me. Never. . . If we don't stand up to these people, if we don't
fight em, if we don't beat them, they're going to continue to control
this country. They're going to control the media. They're going to
control what's being said.
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
AP - Norwegian researchers want bold, non-hairy humans to bare their
arms and offer them up to jellyfish, in the name of science. Testing a
new sun screen aimed at warding off jellyfish stings, the University of
Oslo wants volunteers to be burned by jellyfish tentacles on both arms -
one with ordinary sun block, the other with anti-jellyfish sun lotion. .
. Only five people have registered for the test. . . The compensation?
Three bottles of anti-jellyfish sun screen. . .
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=bizarre&id=5511819
MONICA HESSE WASHINGTON POST - Last month, scientists at Clemson
University in South Carolina determined that applying the five-second
rule to dropped food will not actually prevent the food from gathering
bacteria. . .
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WAR DEPARTMENT
BRYAN BENDER, BOSTON GLOBE - A day after President Bush sought to
present evidence showing that Iraq is now the main battlefront against
Al Qaeda, the chief US intelligence analyst for international terrorism
told Congress that the network's growing ranks in Pakistan and
Afghanistan pose a more immediate threat to the United States. In rare
testimony before two House committees, Edward Gistaro, the national
intelligence officer for transnational threats, said that Al Qaeda
terrorists operating in South Asia are better equipped to attack the
United States than the network's followers in Iraq are. Asked which arm
of Al Qaeda concerned him the most, Gistaro told a joint session of the
House armed services and intelligence panels that it was South Asia.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/07/26/
analyst_counters_bush_on_al_qaeda/
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FURTHERMORE. ..
WONKETTE - Nation Survives Brief Bush Presidency" "Vice" president Dick
Cheney had his robotic heart replaced this morning, apparently without
complications, and "resumed his normal schedule" of whatever he does on
Saturday afternoons - probably reading the new Harry Potter book,
working in the garden, or bombing some Muslims somewhere, possibly in
Iran this time.
http://wonkette.com/
GUARDIAN WRAP - British teenagers are more likely to binge-drink, take
drugs, have underage sex and start fights than their European
counterparts, reports the Mail. The "damning verdict" comes from the
Institute for Public Policy Research, which also found that British
teens are also less likely to talk to their parents or sit down to a
family meal (just 64% ate a main meal with their parents several times a
week, against 93% in Italy) and that British adults are more reluctant
to confront teenagers about antisocial behavior. . . Meanwhile, the
Telegraph reports that university lectures are being increasingly moved
to the afternoon to give students more time in bed. The paper says that,
according to the National Audit Office, "professors are changing the
time of classes in an attempt to stop undergraduates becoming fed up and
dropping out of university altogether".
s/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=470919&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=
1RXOQJAERF3RXQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=
/news/2007/07/26/nlectures126.xml
ACCORDING TO RASMUSSEN, 49% of Americans think the country's best days
are over and 39% think they are in the future.
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CYBER NOTES
DC EXAMINER - Washington wins the award for "most e-mail addicted" city
in the country, according to a new study by Dulles-based AOL. Atlanta,
New York, San Francisco and Houston rounded out the top five. Of
Washingtonians who have a portable e-mail device, 29 percent say they
can't live without it. . . The study showed that 58 percent of
Washingtonians check mobile e-mail in bed in their pajamas and 58
percent check it in the bathroom. Other locations include church (18
percent), in the car while driving (45 percent)and at the dinner table
(47 percent).
http://www.examiner.com/a-849564~Washingtonians_top_list_of
_most_e_mail_addicted_in_country.html
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ECOLOGY
WORLD WATCH - The 15,200 megawatts of new wind turbines installed
worldwide last year will generate enough clean electricity annually to
offset the carbon dioxide emissions of 23 average-sized U.S. coal-fired
power plants, according to a new Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch
Institute. The 43 million tons of carbon dioxide displaced in 2006 is
equivalent to the emissions of 7,200 megawatts of coal-fired power
plants, or nearly 8 million passenger cars. Global wind power capacity
increased almost 26 percent in 2006, exceeding 74,200 megawatts by
year's end. Global investment in wind power was roughly $22 billion in
2006, and in Europe and North America, the power industry added more
capacity in wind than it did in coal and nuclear combined. The global
market for wind equipment has risen 74 percent in the past two years,
leading to long backorders for wind turbine equipment in much of the
world.
DAILY GREEN - In a victory for advocates, PepiCo Inc. will begin
labeling its Aquafina water with the words "Public Water Source" to note
that the water comes from the same source as the water flowing out of
taps in millions of homes across America.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/07/27/pepsi-come-clean-
bottled-water-is-from-the-tap/4427/
CORPORADOS TAKE OVER ORGANIC FOOD INDUSTRY
http://www.organicconsumers.org
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OUTLYING PRECINCTS
JOHN EDWARDS - You know, I'm out there speaking up for universal
healthcare, ending this war in Iraq, speaking up for the poor. They want
to shut me up. That's what this is about. "Let's distract from people
who don't have health care coverage. Let's distract from people who
can't feed their children.... Let's talk about this silly frivolous
nothing stuff so that America won't pay attention.". . . They will never
silence me. Never. . . If we don't stand up to these people, if we don't
fight em, if we don't beat them, they're going to continue to control
this country. They're going to control the media. They're going to
control what's being said.
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HEALTH & SCIENCE
AP - Norwegian researchers want bold, non-hairy humans to bare their
arms and offer them up to jellyfish, in the name of science. Testing a
new sun screen aimed at warding off jellyfish stings, the University of
Oslo wants volunteers to be burned by jellyfish tentacles on both arms -
one with ordinary sun block, the other with anti-jellyfish sun lotion. .
. Only five people have registered for the test. . . The compensation?
Three bottles of anti-jellyfish sun screen. . .
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=bizarre&id=5511819
MONICA HESSE WASHINGTON POST - Last month, scientists at Clemson
University in South Carolina determined that applying the five-second
rule to dropped food will not actually prevent the food from gathering
bacteria. . .
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WAR DEPARTMENT
BRYAN BENDER, BOSTON GLOBE - A day after President Bush sought to
present evidence showing that Iraq is now the main battlefront against
Al Qaeda, the chief US intelligence analyst for international terrorism
told Congress that the network's growing ranks in Pakistan and
Afghanistan pose a more immediate threat to the United States. In rare
testimony before two House committees, Edward Gistaro, the national
intelligence officer for transnational threats, said that Al Qaeda
terrorists operating in South Asia are better equipped to attack the
United States than the network's followers in Iraq are. Asked which arm
of Al Qaeda concerned him the most, Gistaro told a joint session of the
House armed services and intelligence panels that it was South Asia.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/07/26/
analyst_counters_bush_on_al_qaeda/
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FURTHERMORE. ..
WONKETTE - Nation Survives Brief Bush Presidency" "Vice" president Dick
Cheney had his robotic heart replaced this morning, apparently without
complications, and "resumed his normal schedule" of whatever he does on
Saturday afternoons - probably reading the new Harry Potter book,
working in the garden, or bombing some Muslims somewhere, possibly in
Iran this time.
http://wonkette.com/
GUARDIAN WRAP - British teenagers are more likely to binge-drink, take
drugs, have underage sex and start fights than their European
counterparts, reports the Mail. The "damning verdict" comes from the
Institute for Public Policy Research, which also found that British
teens are also less likely to talk to their parents or sit down to a
family meal (just 64% ate a main meal with their parents several times a
week, against 93% in Italy) and that British adults are more reluctant
to confront teenagers about antisocial behavior. . . Meanwhile, the
Telegraph reports that university lectures are being increasingly moved
to the afternoon to give students more time in bed. The paper says that,
according to the National Audit Office, "professors are changing the
time of classes in an attempt to stop undergraduates becoming fed up and
dropping out of university altogether".
s/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=470919&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=
1RXOQJAERF3RXQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=
/news/2007/07/26/nlectures126.xml
ACCORDING TO RASMUSSEN, 49% of Americans think the country's best days
are over and 39% think they are in the future.
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