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I realise with a hit on my face that i take things at face value a little too much and too often, almost always. Have to start taking things which a pinch of salt and be rational. And see things from a wider perspective.       

We've seen TV programmes like the Gadget Show urge us to test our broadband speeds to make sure that we're getting the fast connection speed we pay for. In response, internet providers have hit back and criticised the way these tests are carried out, saying that they cannot be relied upon to provide accurate results.

This isn’t really related to cosmetic surgery, but we thought it was interesting anyway. According to the BBC, researchers have found that genetics may be blamed for a man’s hesitation to tie the knot. Referred to as a genetic ‘flaw’, an attachment hormone that is affected by a genetic variant causes men to resist settling down, or [...]

In our lives we are afraid of many things, and we each have our way of dealing with them. But I have a theory about fear. You see fear is really a lie. Let me show you the evidence that I found through my extensive investigation. It first started when I was in school; I was not the brightest student. I was usually a member of the ‘slow group’ and was not as far on as the others. In that grou

"Obama is beginning to flop and its going to drive the Liberals crazy"...In the first place I urge readers to watch this, I was unable to successfully embed the video so check out "Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan" clip.Last week, there was a small dustup when Barack Obama said at a press conference in North Dakota that he would "refine" his Iraq policy after meeting with commanders on the ground late

The former head of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller, told the House of Lords that she objected to the bill to enable the security services to hold suspected terrorists for 42 days without charge because: I don’t see, on a principled basis, as well as a practical one, that these proposals are in any way workable. She also pointed [...]

Earlier this weekend, I attempted to use an ATM to withdraw some cash.  Unfortunately, after inserting the card, the machine screen changed to say that the machine was temporarily out of service.  The card was stuck and could not be retrieved. Fortunately, when my wife and I went back to the bank the next day, they [...]

JSMP Press Release 2 July 2008Timor-Leste’s President José Ramos-Horta yesterday unveiled his legislative plan for an ambitious reconciliation process covering the events of the 2006 crisis. The draft law, authored by his office, sets out a scheme whereby those charged, or even sentenced, for their role in the crisis could be excused from criminal responsibility.“Passage of this draft law wou

The following fear-mongering comes courtesy of Baptist Press columnist Penna Dexter: Homosexuals, seeking marriage, say it's their "right." But as homosexuals attain the "right" to marriage, the institution itself loses its distinctive definition as the union between one man and...

Blootics.com team did a quick check-up with those who watched the movie today, the first day of release, Friday the 13th June 2008, eagerly to know how good is the much hyped (still it is less hyped than our Super Star's Sivaji) Dasavathaaram. But, of the total reviews/comments we got, most of... [Click the link to read the full story]

If you’ve noticed or even cared, I was using companies names cuz Google Finance was picking this blog up…now that I mention some of the same stocks day in day out, I’m out, apparently. WTF Google, these stocks are play! That’s fine, one day they’ll wake up and realize how crappy some of their sources [...]

A research posting to the Debian security list last week has led to the confirmation of a serious hole in two flavours of the Open Source Linux operating system. Frederick Lee, a researcher at insecurity company Fortify, said that the flaw, which affects Ubuntu as well as Debian, had been “seriously underestimated ” as it makes [...]

Australian actress Naomi Watts in a stunning Ring Sequel like TMZ put it last night and what they mean is the rings around her nipples. I like to see a beautiful woman with nice dress sense, afraid to say yes she is a beautiful woman but the dress sense is lacking somewhat. The flower petal around [...]

Cross Posted on Grizzly Groundswell  Hillary Clinton can’t overtake Barack Obama in the delegate count to win the nomination. Barack Obama can’t win enough delegates to earn the nomination either. This leaves the nomination of the Democrat candidate in the hands of the super delegates. This can all be blamed on the fact that the liberal’s [...]

Human Rights Watch has issued its long awaited report on human rights abuses of women in Saudi Arabia by focusing on the Kingdom's male guardianship laws. This earnest but ultimately flawed report provides little new insight into the daily discrimination that Saudi women face, although HRW staff interviewed 109 women over a three-week period in Riyadh, Damman, Jeddah and Al-Ahsa. “These are issues that I and other Saudi women have been talking about publicly for many years," Hatoon Al-Fassi, a Saudi historian, complained to the Associated Press. "We are able to raise these issues and the group just confirmed what Saudi women have been saying. What was expected of such a group is more original research work rather than repackaging what is known." While the report discusses to some degr

AP, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (April 16 2008): Another opposition party announced Wednesday it will boycott Ethiopia's second round of local elections because of rigging and intimidation, further damaging the democratic credentials of the key U.S. ally.Bulcha Demeksa, head of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement, said observers were banned from polling stations, voters threatened by ruling party officials and canvas ballot bags stuffed with ballots during the first round of elections April 13.Those problems led the party, which claims to represent Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, to withdraw from the second round of elections April 20.Merga Bekana, chairman of the national election board, dismissed the allegations of rigging and said he was unaware of the boycott until journalists informed

All five voting systems used in Ohio, a state whose electoral votes narrowly swung two elections toward President Bush, have critical flaws that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election, a report commissioned by the state's top elections official has found.read more | digg story

Excerpt:"All five voting systems used in Ohio, a state whose electoral votes narrowly swung two elections toward President Bush, have critical flaws that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election, a report commissioned by the state's top elections official has found."It was worse than I anticipated,” the official, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, said of the report. "I had hoped that perhaps one system would test superior to the others.”"http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/us/15ohio.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is aware that there are some flawed hard drives from Seagate in some of their Macbooks.  The result of the flaw can result in total data loss even when used in normal operations.  The drives are the Seagate 2.5-inch SATA drives manufactured in China with firmware version 7.01.  The model numbers are ST96812AS and ST98823AS.  Click on the following link to read more about it on AppleInsider’s blog.  If you are not sure which version you have check your System Profiler.  I recently bought a Macbook and fortunately for me, I have a Hitachi drive which is good for me.

Watch CBS 60 Minutes Sunday, at 7 p.m., for a special joint report from 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft and the Washington Post’s John Solomon on a flawed forensic tool used to convict hundreds of defendants, dozens of whom may be innocent.In their first joint investigation, 60 Minutes and The Washington Post on Sunday, Nov. 18, will examine the government's failure to notify defendants nationwide that they were convicted with the help of flawed forensic science or inaccurate testimony.60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft, producer Ira Rosen and the Post's John Solomon report on scores of cases where defendants may not have received a fair trial because prosecution scientists overstated their conclusions or used faulty statistics.What's more, none of those defendants has been informed that they may be entitled to have their cases reviewed. The results of their six-month investigation will appear Sunday, Nov. 18, in The Washington Post and on 60 Minutes, airing at 7 p.m. ET/PT. The case

Two Years after Calling for a Redeployment of U.S. Forces from Iraq — President Bush Refuses to Provide the American People with a Responsible Exit Strategy (Washington D.C.)- Tomorrow marks the two year anniversary of Congressman John P. Murtha’s, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, public call for the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq. The following is an issued statement From Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense: Two years ago, I was convinced that the President’s lack of strategy in Iraq was harming our military, our international credibility, and the strength of our nation. “Two years later, the President remains without a plan and I remain convinced that we must begin an orderly redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq as soon as practicable. “All Americans want stability in the Middle East. But while our military is bogged down in Iraq, instability is spreading throughout the region. Pakist

Expert calls US policy in Middle East'flawed' - Tehran Times Jewish Exponent Expert calls US policy inMiddle East'flawed'Tehran Times, Iran -Nov 9, 2007The idea of promoting peace in theMiddle Eastby transforming governments into democracies has unquestionably failed, according to one foreign-policy…Behind the facade of incompetenceTehran Timesall 4 news articles Reuters Middle East Highlights 0900 GMT Nov 9 - Guardian Unlimited Telegraph.co.uk ReutersMiddle EastHighlights 0900 GMT Nov 9Guardian Unlimited, UK -Nov 9, 2007BAGHDAD - The US military said it had released nine Iranians held in Iraq, days after US officials signalled a possible change in approach by noting…Bush Defends BushShortNews.comBush Sr. Attacks Iraq Regime Change Critics, Earlier Warned Of…Think ProgressBush's father comes to his defense on Iraq warReutersall 20 news articles Can Maronite patriarch halt drift toward new Middle East conflic

Oh fiddle-faddle. As Lend2 has pointed out, my method of tracking Prosper collections is a bit flawed. Prosper has confirmed that, indeed, loans don't just go current when payments are made. From deep within the inner workings of Prosper: For the raw “Delinquency Activity” data he is looking at I think he’s assuming a loan has fewer options about how it can change state, aging or curing than it

Michael Mukasey is George W. Bush's nominee to be the next United States Attorney General, the top law enforcement position in this country. In the beginning of today's Senate confirmation hearing, Senator Patrick Leahy questioned Michael Mukasey about his opinion on the memo written by Assistant Attorney General Jay Bibey in 2002 which advocated the right of the United States to use torture. Mukasey's answer was a breath of fresh air:"We are parties to a treaty that outlaws torture. Torture is unlawful under the laws of this country. The President has said that in an Executive Order, but beyond all those legal restrictions. We don't torture not simply because it's against this or that law or against this or that treaty. It is not what this country is about. It's not what this country stands for. It's antithetical to everything this country stands for.Soldiers of this country liberated Concentration camps toward the end of WWII and photographed what they saw there as a record of

Merely Flawed is a relatively new (the archives start in June 2007) but regularly updated fitness blog run by Isobel, a 22 year old college student from California. Don’t let Isobel’s young age put you off though.   The blog is a treat to visit and focuses on short, snappy articles and celebrity reviews. These celebrity reviews [...]

As usual, the Associated Press disguised an editorial as a real article. The title of the editorial/ article was: “More Bad Air Days for U.S. Cities.” Underneath the title it says, “Study: 10 U.S. Cities Will Have Increase Unsafe Air Days If Global Warming Continues Unabated.” It turns out that the study was conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council in partnership with several universities, including Yale and Johns Hopkins, and was published in the scientific journal Climatic Change.First, it must be noted that the NRDC accepts funding from environmentalists and has a clear agenda according to its own website: “NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.” Not only is it a lobbying organization by its own admission, this would imply a confl

Usually I tend to avoid popular things. Most often than not it turns out to be overrated and a waste of my precious time. Not like I don’t have other useless things to pay attention to. When it comes to file sharing I use Ares. It is free of viruses, somewhat fast and doesn’t bog down my computer. Instead of doing a review that would most likely turn out to be bias(I have no problem with it, so it would probably be three paragraphs maximum), I decided to try out Limewire. “Why limewire” you pretend to ask? Because it is one of the most popular search terms on Yahoo! Buzz and I am looking for somewhat guaranteed page views, that’s why. Limewire Review.

Free Calls-SMS: Hackers: Social networking sites flawedLAS VEGAS -- Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.The flaws are being demonstrated this week at the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences, which draw thousands of people to Las Vegas each year for five days of training and demonstrations of the latest exploits.Black Hat, the more genteel of the two events with heavy industry sponsorship and big admission fees, ended Thursday with some 4,000 attendees. Defcon, larger and more roguish, started smoothly Friday, without any of the registration problems that irked fire officials last year and caused lengthy delays. Organizers said more than 6,800 people attended the first day, with more expected Saturday.There was a moment of drama in the afternoon when organizers received a tip that

It’s been presumed that genes in the human body operate independently of one another since 1976. The first biotech company was founded on this premise, and the entire $73.5-billion biotechnology industry as we know it today still adheres to this basic principle. Now for the shocker: they’re wrong.It’s been known for years that genes in other organisms operate as part of a network. Despite this, researchers only translated this knowledge to humans in June, when they report being “surprised” to learn that the human genome is not a “tidy collection of independent genes” but rather a complex network that interacts and overlaps with itself in ways that are not yet understood.Scientific Basis for Countless Safety Studies ShatteredRisk assessments conducted for all of today’s biotech products, including genetically modified (GM) foods, pharmaceuticals and more, were based on the flawed independent gene theory, which presumed that a gene in one item would have a uniform effect

NEW YORK (AP) - From the moment Sigourney Weaver enters the stage at Playwrights Horizons, an unpleasant smile is plastered across her face - not the kind that exudes happiness, but the type that barely conceals the bitterness seething beneath it.[...] Read more!

What makes life on this frightful sod so exquisite is God's merciful propensity to perform divine tasks amid deeply flawed people.~ Beth Moore, LPM Blog ~I did not go to church on Mother's Day. Actually, we have not many times....

CommentaryWe are told the search for a new state education commissioner to replace an excellent Gene Wilhoit has gone according to plan. If so - it must be a strange plan. State board chairman Keith Travis told the Herald-Leader "When we started the search process the entire board agreed on an entire process to go through” because they wanted to get a large number of qualified applicants while ensuring their confidentiality. But when the state board met in executive session, narrowing its commissioner search down to three individuals they refused to release the names, telling WHAS reporter Mark Hebert that the board only planned to release the name of one finalist, the person the school board planned to hire. All indications were that the state board was following the Barnhart plan. Everything was hush, hush. But the board of education was not reviewing the resumes of any Billy Ds or Billy Gs. Apparently, no sitting commissioners viewed Kentucky as a better place to go to advanc

So Adwords measures an advert’s quality primarily on its clickthrough rate, then? And the objective, therefore, is to get as many virtual people through the virtual door as possible, then? But isn’t there a bit of a conflict here? If I was running a shop, and I had to pay people to walk through the doors, I’d try to be as selective as possible, and yet Google is rewarding you for doing the opposite. (more…)

by Charles Morand Corn Ethanol While New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg was busy unveiling a package of measures aimed at making NYC green (including reducing CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030), the state's Governor, Eliot Spitzer, was making his reservations about corn ethanol known, as reported in the Globe & Mail. This adds yet one more (powerful) voice to the chorus of those skeptical about the

CBS News/AP: Study: Lethal Injection Method Flawed - Study: Execution Drugs Sometimes Fail To Work, Causing Inmates To Die Slow, Painful DeathsExcerpt:"The drugs used to execute prisoners in the United States sometimes fail to work as planned, causing slow and painful deaths that probably violate constitutional bans on cruel and unusual punishment, a new medical review of dozens of executions concludes.Even when administered properly, the three-drug lethal injection method appears to have caused some inmates to suffocate while they were conscious and unable to move, instead of having their hearts stopped while they were sedated, scientists said in a report published Monday by the online journal PLoS Medicine.No scientific groups have ever validated that lethal injection is humane, the authors write. Medical ethics bar doctors and other health professionals from taking part in executions."http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/23/ap/health/main2719667.shtmlAlex

For once, a Microsoft employee (most likely a soon-to-be-former employee at this point) has admitted something most of us have known for a long time: Microsoft OneCare shouldn’t have been released. Anyone who’s actually tried using OneCare has known this for a long time. Add to that the recent discoveries that OneCare fails to pass independent testing (actually, it was the only product tested that failed to gain any certifications) and OneCare fails to protect Windows Vista (but to be fair, McAfee isn’t doing much better in that regard). My favourite quotes from the article that pretty accurately sum things up: Asked about these problems, Arno Edelmann, Microsoft’s European business security product manager, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the code itself has pieces missing. “Usually Microsoft doesn’t develop products, we buy products. It’s not a bad product, but bits and pieces are missing,” said Edelmann. So, in other words, Microsoft

Don’t be surprised when you pay more for gasoline.  It will e a result of the twisted logic used by the Democrats to extort money from the oil companies.  The result will be less drilling for oil and increased pressure on supplies. The Interior Department signed binding leases with some of America's largest oil companies back in 1998-99, “allowing” the firms to drill in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, far outside any internationally recognized 6- or 12-mile territorial limit. The government doesn't spend any money facilitating that expensive deep drilling, mind you. It doesn't “subsidize” those operations in any traditional use of the term. Rather, Washington charges the oil companies for the “privilege” of keeping our homes heated and our cars on the road - and then sharply restricts where, in international waters, the drilling can occur. If the oil companies tried to get away with paying less than called for in the lea

How long does it take to organise a presidential debate? All you need is a university auditorium full of well-behaved people, a stage that looks too big for the two podiums placed on it, and a desk for Jim Lehrer to look uncomfortable sitting behind it. Yet, this Associated Press story in the Las Vegas Sun, says that the Commission on Presidential Debates is already looking at venues, and the University of Nevada, Reno is on the shortlist. The Commission is, of course, a paragon of fairness, propriety, impartiality and incorruptability. So why UNR? It's the alma mater of Commission co-chair Frank Fahrenkopf. No wonder everyone else wants a couple of years to think about it. Las Vegas SUN: Reno considered as site for 2008 presidential debate

A security hole in Microsoft's brand new Internet Explorer 7 browser has already been identified. The new browser has been public for less than 24 hours and already it has been proven to be flawed. Security firm Secunia released details of the flaw and gave the following statement: "A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which [...]

Washington, D.C. - Following is the statement of Hilary B. Miller, President, Payday Loan Bar Association, regarding predatory lending practices directed at members of the armed forces and their dependents before the Senate Committee on banking, housing and urban affairs.

In an interesting tidbit of news, the San Antonio Express-News has stated that it will no longer participate in voting for the top 25 in college football and basketball. They claim that they don't like how the Associated Press 'mistreated' a New Orleans reporter who filed a football poll this year, believing that the Oklahoma Sooners lost a game that they in fact won. The reporter overhead

A security hole in Microsoft’s brand new Internet Explorer 7 browser has already been identified. The new browser has been public for less than 24 hours and already it has been proven to be flawed. Security firm Secunia released details of the flaw and gave the following statement: “A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which [...]

Flawed SELECT Study Attacks Vitamin E