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[Jolie Rouge]

Victim Spots Rapist on TV Dating Show

When the victim of a rape saw her alleged attacker on a TV reality show called "Blind Date," she quickly taped it and took the evidence to the Ventura, Calif., police. The Associated Press reports that investigators have since arrested and charged Ulrick Kevin White, 31, with rape and kidnapping. The New York Post reports that the victim knew it was her attacker when she heard his distinctive Jamaican accent and heard him use his nickname, Aswah. He's being held on $500,000 bail.

The victim told AP that the alleged attack occurred in September 2003 after White approached her while she was waiting for a cab. He coaxed her into his car, drove her to a secluded spot, and raped her. While she was being attacked, the quick-thinking woman dialed 911 on her cell phone hoping it would help police track down her location. While the dispatcher recorded her pleas for help, the suspect was never found and the investigation came to a dead end--until now.


This isn't White's first brush with the law. He was arrested last year for allegedly breaking and entering. Meanwhile the producers of "Blind Date" won't release details on the screening process they use to find participants for the reality show that brings singles together. "Blind Date" spokesman Joe Schloesser did tell the Post that "there was no incident" between White and the woman he dated on the show.

[Jolie Rouge]

Human Corpse to Be Shown Rotting on TV

LONDON (Reuters) - A British television channel is seeking a terminally ill volunteer to donate their body after death so it can be filmed as it decomposes.

Channel 4, which in 2002 broadcast Britain's first public autopsy for 170 years, said the program was being made in association with London's Science Museum and would be a unique experiment.

"We hope the experts can learn more about the processes involved and that the data collected by the project can help forensic pathologists in murder investigations," said Simon Andreae, head of science and education at the publicly funded Channel 4.

Richard Shepherd, president of the British Association in Forensic Medicine, will lead a team of scientists supervising the project.


The body will be held in a secret location while being filmed for the program, provisionally titled "Dust to Dust."


It will be the first experiment of its kind in Britain, where scientists currently use pig bodies to study rates and means of decomposition. Their research is used by police investigators to help determine the time of death when a body is found.



11/04/04 09:12


http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/...3.htm&sc=reodd

{{just so you know I did not make this up !****

[YNKYH8R]

America tells Europe, ‘Shove it’
Maybe woolly-minded, gutless, godless, Europeans had it coming
By Chris Hampson
London Bureau Chief
NBC News
Updated: 3:21 p.m. ET Nov. 5, 2004

LONDON - I guess those woolly-minded, gutless, godless, liberal Europeans had it coming.
No bright new dawn for those condescending, arrogant limeys who think they know what’s best for the world (and look where it got them).
Nor for their "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" neighbors across the Channel in France.
Instead — if you believe the newspapers — they woke up with their worst hangover for four years.
America had told us, quite clearly, where we could shove our opinions. (Not difficult in the U.K., because the sun doesn't hardly shine anywhere here).
Of course, there are those in these parts who welcome the re-election of President Bush.
But, mostly, they’re keeping quiet about it. Round here, it’s not something that wins the "make-my-day" award. Sorry, but that’s just the way it is.
Dumb Americans?
If opinion polls can be believed, Kerry would have romped home if only Americans had let us vote instead of them.
The British tabloid Daily Mirror summed up the feelings of many of its disappointed readers in a blunt front-page headline, “How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?”
A feeling shared, I would guess, by many Americans who voted for Kerry.
The more serious-minded Independent was even harsher. Under the banner headline, “Four More Years,” it ran photos representing its left-of-center view: a humiliated Iraqi prisoner at Abu Ghraib, shackled and masked detainees at Guantanamo, an oil pipeline, a Christian pro-Bush slogan and a grinning President Bush.
Much of this will offend many Americans, some of whom struggle to understand why so many in Europe seem opposed to their country’s actions to defend against terrorism (as they see it), and some who couldn’t give a damn what others think.
If the past is anything to go by, these “anti-American” views will prompt an avalanche of angry e-mails to the British papers telling us “pansy limeys to mind (our) own business” and suggesting that if it were not for America our “national language would be German.”
Strong words, and maybe justified for some, but not actually mine.
The quotes above are extracted from e-mails sent to another British newspaper when it, too, decided to "meddle" in the election. The Guardian newspaper got readers to write letters to the "undecided voters" of tiny Clark County, Ohio and suggest to them that Kerry was the better U.S. president for the rest of the world, if not for them.
I still have a robustly articulate reader reaction to a piece I wrote about President Bush’s controversial — and to some, unwelcome — visit to the U.K. a year ago.
“Until the Euro community, Great Britain included, realizes that the fact they have been around longer doesn't necessarily translate into wisdom, and that we Americans aren't as clueless to the world as you might think, you will continue to be frustrated by America and our president.
‘If anything, we view Europe as a timid consortium of old, rusted out relics of former empires whose ‘age and wisdom’ translated into two world wars in the 20th century alone. Wars that ultimately had to be resolved by an America that often didn't particularly want to become involved.”
Continuing debate over Iraq
It’s that last sentence that seems to reflect, in part, the dilemma for many in Europe, and Britain in particular, where opinion polls show the majority now opposed to the war in Iraq. Many who went along with it did so because of the “threat” from weapons of mass destruction and now feel they were misled. Some have even accused Prime Minister Blair of telling lies.
They see little difference in the story Blair was telling and the one that was being told to the voters of America. They thought their anger would be reflected across the other side of the Atlantic.
Well it was, but the president got re-elected in any case. The reasons are better understood there than here. The alliance between President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair continues unabated. Their fortunes go hand-in-hand.
The issue of Iraq arguably remains the biggest political problem for both of them. But for Blair — with an election due early next year — it could still blight his own hopes of a third term in office.
Today the British papers are headlining stories and critical comments about the deaths of three Scottish soldiers ordered with their regiment to fill a hole in the previously American sector near Baghdad. The deployment was controversial — an election bolster, claimed Blair’s opponents — for a beleaguered Bush. Such are the suspicions in Europe.
Blair – maybe both sides should open their ears
No surprises then that, of those speaking out in support of the re-elected president, Blair is the leading British voice.
In an interview with the Times of London, he describes British coverage of the Bush victory as “unbelievable.”
“In a way some people are in a state of denial,” said Blair. “The election has happened. America has spoken. The rest of the world should listen.”
He added however, “It is important that America listens to the rest of the world too.”
To show that I, too, listen — and to save some of you the need to write me those e-mails — I give the last word to a reader from Texas, who sent me this after my piece on the Bush visit.
“I have been to the United Kingdom, and I cannot say that I enjoy it much. The people are rude, lousy weather, expensive, and the food is terrible.”
Fifty-nine million American voters will be nodding their heads in agreement.

Oh man...I'm ROTFLMBO

[Willow]

Originally Posted by YNKYH8R

America tells Europe, ‘Shove it’
Maybe woolly-minded, gutless, godless, Europeans had it coming
By Chris Hampson
London Bureau Chief
NBC News
Updated: 3:21 p.m. ET Nov. 5, 2004

LONDON - I guess those woolly-minded, gutless, godless, liberal Europeans had it coming.
No bright new dawn for those condescending, arrogant limeys who think they know what’s best for the world (and look where it got them).
Nor for their "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" neighbors across the Channel in France.
Instead — if you believe the newspapers — they woke up with their worst hangover for four years.
America had told us, quite clearly, where we could shove our opinions. (Not difficult in the U.K., because the sun doesn't hardly shine anywhere here).
Of course, there are those in these parts who welcome the re-election of President Bush.
But, mostly, they’re keeping quiet about it. Round here, it’s not something that wins the "make-my-day" award. Sorry, but that’s just the way it is.
Dumb Americans?
If opinion polls can be believed, Kerry would have romped home if only Americans had let us vote instead of them.
The British tabloid Daily Mirror summed up the feelings of many of its disappointed readers in a blunt front-page headline, “How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?”
A feeling shared, I would guess, by many Americans who voted for Kerry.
The more serious-minded Independent was even harsher. Under the banner headline, “Four More Years,” it ran photos representing its left-of-center view: a humiliated Iraqi prisoner at Abu Ghraib, shackled and masked detainees at Guantanamo, an oil pipeline, a Christian pro-Bush slogan and a grinning President Bush.
Much of this will offend many Americans, some of whom struggle to understand why so many in Europe seem opposed to their country’s actions to defend against terrorism (as they see it), and some who couldn’t give a damn what others think.
If the past is anything to go by, these “anti-American” views will prompt an avalanche of angry e-mails to the British papers telling us “pansy limeys to mind (our) own business” and suggesting that if it were not for America our “national language would be German.”
Strong words, and maybe justified for some, but not actually mine.
The quotes above are extracted from e-mails sent to another British newspaper when it, too, decided to "meddle" in the election. The Guardian newspaper got readers to write letters to the "undecided voters" of tiny Clark County, Ohio and suggest to them that Kerry was the better U.S. president for the rest of the world, if not for them.
I still have a robustly articulate reader reaction to a piece I wrote about President Bush’s controversial — and to some, unwelcome — visit to the U.K. a year ago.
“Until the Euro community, Great Britain included, realizes that the fact they have been around longer doesn't necessarily translate into wisdom, and that we Americans aren't as clueless to the world as you might think, you will continue to be frustrated by America and our president.
‘If anything, we view Europe as a timid consortium of old, rusted out relics of former empires whose ‘age and wisdom’ translated into two world wars in the 20th century alone. Wars that ultimately had to be resolved by an America that often didn't particularly want to become involved.”
Continuing debate over Iraq
It’s that last sentence that seems to reflect, in part, the dilemma for many in Europe, and Britain in particular, where opinion polls show the majority now opposed to the war in Iraq. Many who went along with it did so because of the “threat” from weapons of mass destruction and now feel they were misled. Some have even accused Prime Minister Blair of telling lies.
They see little difference in the story Blair was telling and the one that was being told to the voters of America. They thought their anger would be reflected across the other side of the Atlantic.
Well it was, but the president got re-elected in any case. The reasons are better understood there than here. The alliance between President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair continues unabated. Their fortunes go hand-in-hand.
The issue of Iraq arguably remains the biggest political problem for both of them. But for Blair — with an election due early next year — it could still blight his own hopes of a third term in office.
Today the British papers are headlining stories and critical comments about the deaths of three Scottish soldiers ordered with their regiment to fill a hole in the previously American sector near Baghdad. The deployment was controversial — an election bolster, claimed Blair’s opponents — for a beleaguered Bush. Such are the suspicions in Europe.
Blair – maybe both sides should open their ears
No surprises then that, of those speaking out in support of the re-elected president, Blair is the leading British voice.
In an interview with the Times of London, he describes British coverage of the Bush victory as “unbelievable.”
“In a way some people are in a state of denial,” said Blair. “The election has happened. America has spoken. The rest of the world should listen.”
He added however, “It is important that America listens to the rest of the world too.”
To show that I, too, listen — and to save some of you the need to write me those e-mails — I give the last word to a reader from Texas, who sent me this after my piece on the Bush visit.
“I have been to the United Kingdom, and I cannot say that I enjoy it much. The people are rude, lousy weather, expensive, and the food is terrible.”
Fifty-nine million American voters will be nodding their heads in agreement.

Oh man...I'm ROTFLMBO

Wow great post.

[adorkablex]

Originally Posted by YNKYH8R

America tells Europe, ‘Shove it’
Maybe woolly-minded, gutless, godless, Europeans had it coming
By Chris Hampson
London Bureau Chief
NBC News
Updated: 3:21 p.m. ET Nov. 5, 2004

LONDON - I guess those woolly-minded, gutless, godless, liberal Europeans had it coming.
No bright new dawn for those condescending, arrogant limeys who think they know what’s best for the world (and look where it got them).
Nor for their "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" neighbors across the Channel in France.
Instead — if you believe the newspapers — they woke up with their worst hangover for four years.
America had told us, quite clearly, where we could shove our opinions. (Not difficult in the U.K., because the sun doesn't hardly shine anywhere here).
Of course, there are those in these parts who welcome the re-election of President Bush.
But, mostly, they’re keeping quiet about it. Round here, it’s not something that wins the "make-my-day" award. Sorry, but that’s just the way it is.
Dumb Americans?
If opinion polls can be believed, Kerry would have romped home if only Americans had let us vote instead of them.
The British tabloid Daily Mirror summed up the feelings of many of its disappointed readers in a blunt front-page headline, “How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?”
A feeling shared, I would guess, by many Americans who voted for Kerry.
The more serious-minded Independent was even harsher. Under the banner headline, “Four More Years,” it ran photos representing its left-of-center view: a humiliated Iraqi prisoner at Abu Ghraib, shackled and masked detainees at Guantanamo, an oil pipeline, a Christian pro-Bush slogan and a grinning President Bush.
Much of this will offend many Americans, some of whom struggle to understand why so many in Europe seem opposed to their country’s actions to defend against terrorism (as they see it), and some who couldn’t give a damn what others think.
If the past is anything to go by, these “anti-American” views will prompt an avalanche of angry e-mails to the British papers telling us “pansy limeys to mind (our) own business” and suggesting that if it were not for America our “national language would be German.”
Strong words, and maybe justified for some, but not actually mine.
The quotes above are extracted from e-mails sent to another British newspaper when it, too, decided to "meddle" in the election. The Guardian newspaper got readers to write letters to the "undecided voters" of tiny Clark County, Ohio and suggest to them that Kerry was the better U.S. president for the rest of the world, if not for them.
I still have a robustly articulate reader reaction to a piece I wrote about President Bush’s controversial — and to some, unwelcome — visit to the U.K. a year ago.
“Until the Euro community, Great Britain included, realizes that the fact they have been around longer doesn't necessarily translate into wisdom, and that we Americans aren't as clueless to the world as you might think, you will continue to be frustrated by America and our president.
‘If anything, we view Europe as a timid consortium of old, rusted out relics of former empires whose ‘age and wisdom’ translated into two world wars in the 20th century alone. Wars that ultimately had to be resolved by an America that often didn't particularly want to become involved.”
Continuing debate over Iraq
It’s that last sentence that seems to reflect, in part, the dilemma for many in Europe, and Britain in particular, where opinion polls show the majority now opposed to the war in Iraq. Many who went along with it did so because of the “threat” from weapons of mass destruction and now feel they were misled. Some have even accused Prime Minister Blair of telling lies.
They see little difference in the story Blair was telling and the one that was being told to the voters of America. They thought their anger would be reflected across the other side of the Atlantic.
Well it was, but the president got re-elected in any case. The reasons are better understood there than here. The alliance between President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair continues unabated. Their fortunes go hand-in-hand.
The issue of Iraq arguably remains the biggest political problem for both of them. But for Blair — with an election due early next year — it could still blight his own hopes of a third term in office.
Today the British papers are headlining stories and critical comments about the deaths of three Scottish soldiers ordered with their regiment to fill a hole in the previously American sector near Baghdad. The deployment was controversial — an election bolster, claimed Blair’s opponents — for a beleaguered Bush. Such are the suspicions in Europe.
Blair – maybe both sides should open their ears
No surprises then that, of those speaking out in support of the re-elected president, Blair is the leading British voice.
In an interview with the Times of London, he describes British coverage of the Bush victory as “unbelievable.”
“In a way some people are in a state of denial,” said Blair. “The election has happened. America has spoken. The rest of the world should listen.”
He added however, “It is important that America listens to the rest of the world too.”
To show that I, too, listen — and to save some of you the need to write me those e-mails — I give the last word to a reader from Texas, who sent me this after my piece on the Bush visit.
“I have been to the United Kingdom, and I cannot say that I enjoy it much. The people are rude, lousy weather, expensive, and the food is terrible.”
Fifty-nine million American voters will be nodding their heads in agreement.

Oh man...I'm ROTFLMBO

Priceless Now I have to go forward this

[Jolie Rouge]

The Secret Truth About Guilty Pleasures

You know you love to listen to Michael Bolton, indulge in that timeless green bean casserole, watch reruns of "The Love Boat" and "Baywatch," and read the National Enquirer in the checkout line. These are all guilty pleasures. And the secret truth is that we all have them, and they are much more enjoyable if you can't admit you enjoy them. That's the word from Lou Harry, co-author along with Sam Stall and Julia Spalding, of "The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures: 1,001 Things You Hate to Love."


Harry confessed his own guilty pleasures to Wireless Flash: He can do the Electric Slide and collects Hummel figurines. How can you tell if it's a guilty pleasure? Harry has a very simple definition: A guilty pleasure is a love of something that would ruin your reputation if your friends found out about it.

Here are more guilty pleasures that appear in the book that's a 50-year chronicle of our favorite secret indulgences:

--Singing "Born to Be Wild" like you mean it.

--Watching films like "I Am Sam" and "Rain Man" where intelligent actors pretend to be mentally impaired in hopes of winning an Oscar.

--Boy bands

--The Olsen twins

--Waterbeds

--Jackie Collins, Joan Collins, and Anna Nicole Smith

--Cinnabon sticky buns

--"Candid Camera"

--The Carpenters

--Cool Whip

[Jolie Rouge]

YNKYH8R - no worries mon.

Post away !

Nice to see somebody else in here

[Jolie Rouge]

A Big Boo-Boo in the Oxford Dictionary!

The venerable Oxford Dictionary of Computing has made a big mistake. Either that or it's revealed a little known fact about Apple's Macintosh computers, reports Macworld Daily News. Look up Apple in the newest edition of the ODC and you'll find out that Apple computers can run Microsoft Windows.

They CAN?

Macworld admits that an Apple can emulate Windows (with some help from Microsoft's Virtual PC), but even the Apple developers themselves must be surprised to learn that a Mac can run Windows. "The flaw is all the more concerning since the dictionary is compiled by a team of, so called, computer specialists," rants Macworld.


The Oxford Dictionary of Computing bills itself as the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of computing that is available. One thing it does get right. It credits Apple for pioneering the desktop and windows metaphors for the user interface and describes Apple as "an early market leader in the field."

[Jolie Rouge]

No. 1 Hit Single From Your Senior Year

Music inspires memories. Chances are, you'll remember your senior year--that special date, that wild escapade, that best friend in history class--when you hear that certain song. Scan the list compiled by MSNBC and find your graduating year and the No. 1 hit single.

The '70s
Class of 1975: "Love Will Keep Us Together," by The Captain and Tennille
Class of 1976: "You Sexy Thing," by Hot Chocolate
Class of 1977: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)," by Rod Stewart
Class of 1978: "Three Times a Lady," by The Commodores
Class of 1979: "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart

The '80s:
Class of 1980: "Another Brick in the Wall," by Pink Floyd
Class of 1981: "Celebration," by Kool & the Gang
Class of 1982: "Tainted Love," by Soft Cell
Class of 1983: "Hungry Like the Wolf," Duran Duran
Class of 1984: "Footloose," by Kenny Loggins
Class of 1985: "Smooth Operator," by Sade
Class of 1986: "Sledgehammer," by Peter Gabriel
Class of 1987: "Walk Like an Egyptian," by The Bangles
Class of 1988: "Sweet Child O' Mine," by Guns N' Roses
Class of 1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings," by Bette Midler

The '90s:
Class of 1990: "Nothing Compares 2 U," by Sinéad O'Connor
Class of 1991: "I Touch Myself," by The Divinyls
Class of 1992: "Achy Breaky Heart," by Billy Ray Cyrus
Class of 1993: "I Will Always Love You," by Whitney Houston
Class of 1994: "Hero," by Mariah Carey
Class of 1995: "Kiss From a Rose," by Seal
Class of 1996: "Ironic," by Alanis Morissette
Class of 1997: "I Believe I Can Fly," by R. Kelly
Class of 1998: "Nice & Slow," by Usher
Class of 1999: "...Baby One More Time," by Britney Spears

The '00s:
Class of 2000: "What a Girl Wants," by Christina Aguilera
Class of 2001: "Drops of Jupiter," by Train
Class of 2002: "A Thousand Miles," by Vanessa Carlton
Class of 2003: "Crazy in Love," by Beyoncé

[Jolie Rouge]

Beijing Man Buys Phone Number for $215,000

BEIJING (AP) - A Beijing man has paid $215,000 for the ultimate in lucky cell phone numbers - 133-3333-3333.

The phone number was sold this week at an auction in the Chinese capital, newspapers reported Saturday.

Chinese tradition considers 3 a lucky number and groups of 3's even luckier. Though the number 8 is the luckiest, all Chinese cell phone numbers begin with ``13,'' making it impossible to make a number with all 8's.

The reports by the Beijing Times and Beijing Morning Post didn't identify the buyer. Phone calls to the number on Saturday weren't answered.


Hotels, restaurants and other businesses in China regularly try to obtain phone numbers with groups of 8's. Those that can't wind up settling for groups of other numbers.



11/06/04 07:19

[Jolie Rouge]

Mount St. Helens Lava Formation Grows
By ERIN VAN BRONKHORST




SEATTLE (AP) - A lava formation inside Mount St. Helens' crater has a new, glowing protrusion the size of a 30-story building. The protrusion, which glows red at night, has risen by 330 feet in the past nine days, pushed up by magma, or molten rock, within the volcano, scientists said Friday.

``It seems like every time you think you know what's going on, (the volcano) twists and does something different,'' said Jeff Wynn, chief scientist for volcano hazards at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver.

The overall lava formation began building last month and has grown to roughly the size of an aircraft carrier, 900 feet long and 250 feet wide. Magma is reaching at the surface at the rate of 7 to 8 cubic meters - about one large dump truck load - every second, Wynn said.

``What we have been noticing with this monster is that it was growing at an unusually high rate and it was spreading out horizontally like a big pancake,'' Wynn said. ``And now all of a sudden it's like a huge piston has been thrust up.''


Like the old lava dome, formed in the six years after St. Helens' devastating May 18, 1980, eruption, the new formation is made of a type of volcanic rock called dacite, Wynn said. More than 63 percent silica, it tends to be sticky and viscous, unlike the free-flowing lava of Hawaii.


Temperatures on the new protrusion can spike as high as 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.


The volcano rumbled back to life Sept. 23, with shuddering seismic activity that peaked above magnitude 3 as hot magma broke through rocks in its path. Molten rock first reached the surface Oct. 11, marking the resumption of dome-building activity that had stopped in 1986.


A more explosive eruption, possibly dropping ash within a 10-mile radius of the crater, is possible at any time, scientists have said.


On the Net:

U.S. Forest Service volcanocam: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocam...volcanocam.jpg



11/06/04 10:12


Don Kern, left, of Portland, Ore., and Bob Lockwood, of Leeds, England, lean into the wind from a lookout area as Mount St. Helens remains hidden in clouds behind, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004, at the Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Winds gusted up to 40 miles per hour at the center Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported Monday that the growth of the new lava dome inside the crater of Mount St. Helens continues to grow and seismicity has not changed significantly and remains at a low level overall. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)