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Gay marriages now legal/ hasselblad shoot !!!

nobody@vox.com(Ivysgrandkid) — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:19:07 +0100

Everyone at work was jumping up haha well all the gay couples, the bill has been passed , it's now legal in cali! I always thought it was.... oh my god its boiling today and good news !!! I'll be shooting with this for my big shoot!!!!!

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jeremiah Wright: Clergymen Speaking Truth to Power � Dymaxion Q: A Uni

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:20:20 +0100

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jeremiah Wright: Clergymen Speaking Truth to Power � Dymaxion Q: A Uni

http://dymaxionq.wordpress.com/2008/0...

The recent controversy surrounding the comments made seven years ago, during a church sermon by Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright, has caused polarization and heated debate among American citizens. Although the U.S. has a long history of revolutionary vigor tempered by its founding fathers, has shown great disdain for tyranny at home and abroad, and has zealously advocated the individual’s constitutional rights to speak out boldly against oppression and immoral actions, this does not seem to apply to the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

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polite notice - for bluebottle

nobody@vox.com(dafunk) — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:02:26 +0100

i put up a post in which i let my neighbours know that i'd put auto approve back on since the abuse had subsided but just before i closed down for the night i changed my mind because i just knew someone would take advantage of that announcement - so i turned the approval back on whilst i slept and sure enough - when i signed in the next day the abuse had already started - bluebottle had left me comments regardless of the post just to annoy me and provoke me and to be blunt about it this man is just like a spoilt child - as a polite notice bluebottle take this is a warning - if you ever try to do anything like that again i will give you a reaction but it will not be the reaction you want and you will not find it funny or amusing - do yourself a favour and back off

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Chicago Police & Physical Fitness Tests

nobody@vox.com(Ms Genevieve) — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:10:39 +0100

Since starting his new job in February, Chicago's top cop Jody Weis has made a habit of announcing big changes meant to rebuild the image of a department plagued by scandals. Weis has floated the idea of physical fitness tests for Chicago cops. It's not all that surprising given that Weis comes from the FBI , where physical fitness is part of the culture.

FBI agents are allowed to take one hour per day three times a week to work out on the clock. That time is intended to help them pass a fitness test they have to take twice a year. Here's where the contrast with Chicago's cops comes in.

They also have a fitness test but the standards are essentially meaningless. Officers don't have to pass, in fact, they don't even have to take the test if they don't want to but officers receive financial incentives for passing.

Last year, out of Chicago's 13,500 police officers, only 2,400 passed the department's voluntary fitness test. The remaining 80 percent of officers either failed or didn't even try.

If superintendent Jody Weis wants to make physical fitness tests mandatory for the entire force, he'll have to get the okay from the police union. The yearly tests would be mandatory for new or promoted officers starting in 2009 and voluntary for everyone else. Chicago police officers could be teamed up with their very own personal trainers and given tailored diets if they fail the mandatory fitness tests.

Officers would have up to 90 days to buff up before retaking the test. If they fail a second time, they would be referred to the department's medical services section for "further evaluation regarding the officer's fitness for duty."

FBI Special Agent Michael Glasheen is the fitness coordinator for the Chicago FBI office. He administers the FBI test and tells us more about it in this interview with Chicago Public Radio's Criminal Justice Reporter Rob Wildeboer

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NotableChicagoEvent & HaHa Thursday: Jamie Kennedy

nobody@vox.com(Ms Genevieve) — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:39:44 +0100

Jamie Kennedy, the film and TV actor best known as the writer, producer and star of the WB's "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment," performs at the Improv in Schaumburg tonight through Sunday May 18th. Tickets are $22 but you can get them for $11 at Goldstarevents for the show on the 18th.

Jamie Kennedy Experiment

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

nobody@vox.com(UNIKFREK) — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:29:40 +0100

If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

— Lawrence J. Peter

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The Everything Test

nobody@vox.com(Connie) — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:19:32 +0100

Found the test on buckofive's blog

E2: The Everything Test 2

Character Traits
Analytical	20%
Artistic	35%
Driven	40%
Emotional	100%
Horny	71%
Independent	50%
Musical	30%
Optimistic	100%
Outgoing	0%
Political	33%
Religious	73%
Romantic	50%
Social	50%

Life Experience
Criminality	0%
Intellectual	0%
Relationships	40%
Sexuality	67%
Travel	5%

Politics
Your political views would best be described as Con, while philosophically you tend to think like a Liberal.

Socioeconomic
Your attitude toward life best associates you with Upper Class.You make more than 49% of those who have taken this test, and 65% less than the U.S. average.

You tend to think more like an artist than an engineer.

Location-wise, you would probably be a good fit for the City.

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Emotional (59%)	[........\|\|..........]	Logical (41%)
Concerned about self (76%)	[.....\|\|\|\|\|..........]	Concerned about others (24%)
Atheist (42%)	[..........\|\|........]	Religious (58%)
Loner (41%)	[..........\|\|........]	Dependent (59%)
Laid-back (60%)	[........\|\|..........]	Driven (40%)
Traditional (57%)	[.........\|..........]	Rebel (43%)
Impetuous (66%)	[.......\|\|\|..........]	Organized (34%)
Engineering mind (64%)	[.......\|\|\|..........]	Artistic mind (36%)
Cynical (37%)	[..........\|\|\|.......]	Idealist (63%)
Follower (54%)	[.........\|..........]	Leader (46%)
Introverted (77%)	[.....\|\|\|\|\|..........]	Extroverted (23%)
Conservative (60%)	[........\|\|..........]	Liberal (40%)
Logical (40%)	[..........\|\|........]	Romantic (60%)
Uninterested (60%)	[........\|\|..........]	Sexual (40%)
Insecure (55%)	[.........\|..........]	Confident (45%)
Selective (95%)	[.\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|..........]	Tolerant (5%)
Pessimistic (70%)	[......\|\|\|\|..........]	Optimistic (30%)
Principled (20%)	[..........\|\|\|\|\|\|....]	Pragmatic (80%)
Tolerant (41%)	[..........\|\|........]	Opinionated (59%)
Humble (10%)	[..........\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|..]	Elitist (90%)

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join in the dalai-china handshake in london

nobody@vox.com(Sujatin) — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:16:52 +0100

Avaaz says:

On Thursday 22nd May, we will mount a unique creative event through the streets of central London - a 3-mile-long "human chain handshake" from the Dalai Lama to the Chinese Embassy.

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Another Update On My Uncle

nobody@vox.com(Strive2Be) — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:05:43 +0100

1.Well, one day...possibly three days in the hospital for gall stones.

2. Surgeon completely severs bile duct from liver...oh well...sews him back up and sends him back to a regular hospital room to die.

3. Nurses finally get him into the city after ONE WEEK because he obviously was not reacting properly, and the surgeon wouldn't come visit her patient.

4. Doctors did emergency surgery here, lasting into the wee hours of the morning for the severe injuries done to him.

5. Four months later, he can't even keep any food down or walk (after having a lung collapse and blood clots in the other lung).

6. Went in for second major surgery this morning at 7:30am....it is now 4:00pm....just heard it will be another hour in the operating room.

7. Will be going straight to ICU for a few days

8. If he survives, then he'll go to Recovery for a few days

9. If he survives, then he'll be transferred to a surgical floor to heal.

That surgeon should be not only lose her license to practice, but be put in jail for murder (the sliced artery on another patient) and attempted murder on my uncle (she knew he would DIE with his bile duct not even attached to his liver!).

They say for every person who gets caught stealing a car, that they have already stolen 4-5 more without getting caught. How many deaths has this woman caused already?

I'll let you know what happens.

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adobe flickr express integration

nobody@vox.com(dafunk) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:54:38 +0100

adobe photoshop express has added flickr integration options into the on-line beta resource - they have also added the ability to produce slideshows and embed them to all the usual platforms - perhaps a good help is the option to save as now to protect your originals in case it all goes wrong - there's peace of mind in that

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