Sunday, February 03, 2008

OTHER NEWS


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GERMAN TRAVEL FIRM OFFERS NUDE DAY TRIPS

MSNBC - German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by
stripping off on the plane if they take up a new offer from an eastern
German travel firm.
Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de said it would start taking bookings from
Friday for a trial nudist day trip from the eastern German town of
Erfurt to the popular Baltic Sea resort of Usedom, planned for July 5
and costing 499 euros ($735).

"It's expensive, I know," managing director Enrico Hess told Reuters by
phone. "It's because the plane's very small. There's no real reason why
a flight in which one flies naked should be more expensive than any
other." Story continues below ?advertisement

The 55 passengers will have to remain clothed until they board, and
dress before disembarking, said Hess. The crew will remain clothed
throughout the flight for safety reasons.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22895813/


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INDICATORS

- Poverty rates, though still much higher for blacks and Hispanics,
dropped much more for them than for whites from 1985 to 2004. The rate
fell 2.5 percentage points for whites to 10.8%, but 11.3 percentage
points to 24.7% for blacks and 10.2 percentage points to 21.9% for
Hispanics.

- The rate of serious crimes committed by black youths ages 12-17 fell
80% to 10.9 per 1,000; the Hispanic rate was down 65% to 4.8 per 1,000.
The white rate fell 53% to 8.6 per 1,000.

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080128/1a_bottomstrip28.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip


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FURTHERMORE. . . . RUTLAND HERALD, VT - Brattleboro residents will vote at town meeting on whether President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should be indicted and arrested for war crimes, perjury or obstruction of justice if they ever step foot in Vermont. The Brattleboro Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put the controversial item on the Town Meeting Day warning.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080126/NEWS04/801260359/1003/NEWS02


WHEN DIGGING A GRAVE by hand, haul away 17 wheelbarrow loads of dirt and
pile the rest by the hole. You will have just the right amount to
backfill.

IF A POLAR BEAR CHARGES YOU, dodge to the right. Eskimos say most polar
bears are left-pawed.

http://rulesofthumb.org/

GALLERY: VIDEO ON LIFE IN LAGOS
http://current.com/items/86999401_lagos_la_vida_loca

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